Software Development Manager, Amazon Payment Services

APS ( Amazon Payment Service) is looking for a talented and experienced Software Development Manager to drive new initiatives from scratch across cross functional teams and to rollout business transformational programs. In this role, the SDM will build and grow a team of SDEs. The SDM and his team will work with Senior SDEs, PEs, Product Managers, Risk Managers, TPMs and Senior Leadership to design, develop and deliver results while fostering inputs and participation from all levels of the organization.

You should be someone who wants to conceive and design highly secure, scalable, and robust software to address opportunities in the payments industry through cloud computing. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in the tech industry with focus on distributed systems, web services, and high availability production systems.

Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a seasoned SDM to develop a massive scale, distributed computing solutions with focus on payment transaction processing. You will be responsible for driving the team s structuring, growth, technical direction, strategizing and shaping our long-term vision and architecture. You will own major deliverables end-to-end, drive roadmaps, and provide technical leadership to the engineering team. If youre excited by cloud computing, designing highly secure, scalable, fault tolerant systems, and want to be challenged by exciting computer science problems, then join us.

In this role you will:
- Work with PE, Sr. SDE, TPM and Product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide new products from scratch.
- Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
- Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules.
- Plan projects and features, manage stakeholders and track external commitments.
- Maintain operational excellence - monitoring, alarming, and managing of incidents in production services.
- Hire, build, and grow in a team of strong software developer engineers and maintain the high performance bar.


About the team
We serve the needs of online shoppers in all Arabic speaking and surrounding countries through our trusted, secure payment network that gives everyone the opportunity to shop online safely and easily. We build trust between buyers and online sellers by enabling consumers to transact online using the payment options they prefer with complete security and peace of mind while supporting the most popular payment methods available globally. Amazon Payment Services is regional expert in payment processing technology and solutions across major markets in the GCC & Levant countries, operating in UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and Qatar. - 7+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams