Software Development Manager, Just Walk Out
Amazon · Posted Nov 8
E-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, and digital streaming services
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About the role
Just Walk Out builds the technology behind checkout-free shopping, including the devices, networking and cloud software that let shoppers walk out without stopping to pay. This new India-based team will own embedded and firmware engineering for cameras, sensors, RFID, gates, networking hardware, and the device-side software that connects them to the cloud. This hands-on Software Development Manager role will manage 8-12 engineers, set technical direction across firmware, embedded Linux and embedded Android, and partner closely with the US engineering team.
What you will do
- Hire, coach and develop a high-judgment team of embedded, firmware and edge software engineers, and build an inclusive, high-ownership culture as the team grows in India
- Own the technical roadmap, delivery and operational excellence for your team's firmware and embedded software, from requirements and architecture through release and field support
- Set engineering standards across the embedded stack: firmware and RTOS/bare-metal code, embedded Linux and Android, drivers and board bring-up, secure boot and OTA updates, and on-device diagnostics
- Own the device-to-cloud boundary with cloud teams: provisioning and identity, connectivity, telemetry and remote management, including the device's AWS IoT / embedded-Linux connectivity stack
- Build the test infrastructure, staged rollouts and telemetry needed to ship firmware safely across a large fleet of deployed devices
- Lead the response to field issues, telling firmware from hardware, connectivity or sensor faults, and drive root cause and lasting fixes
- Drive execution with the US engineering team, product and program management, hardware/ODM partners, and cloud, data and UI/UX teams across time zones
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 3+ years of engineering team management 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
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including embedded systems or firmware development
- Experience leading the development of embedded, real-time, or hardware-interfacing systems delivered on physical hardware
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- Hands-on embedded Linux (including Yocto) and/or embedded Android, with Linux kernel or driver development and low-level debugging
- Sustaining a large fleet of deployed devices: OTA firmware updates, telemetry, and remote diagnostics at scale
- Experience at the device-to-cloud boundary (connectivity, provisioning, fleet management), ideally with AWS IoT / Greengrass and MQTT
- Depth in Android/Linux firmware, secure boot, wireless connectivity, or RFID/sensor devices, plus hardware-in-the-loop testing
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Recognized as one of the world's most valuable brands, it operates the largest internet retail marketplace globally alongside its prominent cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Company size
- 1576000+ employees
- Founded
- 1994-07-05
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $8M raised
- 2013-03-22Post Ipo Debt$200M
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Founder and Executive Chair
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Matt Garman
CEO, Amazon Web Services
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores