Software Development Manager - Technical Amazon.com's Risk Management Team has a worldwide reputation as the #1 in eCommerce Fraud Prevention. Trust and Safety of our customers comes first. We thrive on maintaining the highest bar of customer experience while we maintain those tenets. Do you want to join a team that works on internet‑scale systems, uses cloud computing services, leverages state‑of‑the‑art technologies and Gen AI tools?
The Core Services team owns the charter of evaluating bad actor risk of all kinds (Buyer, Seller, Brand, Vendor) across entities such as Orders, Returns, Sign‑ins, Listings and any event that will be useful to evaluate risky behavior. We build self‑service capabilities to experiment and launch new use cases while making it easy to on‑board and manage existing ones all over the world. We are the gate keepers of customer trust by preventing bad actors from doing damage to good customers or scamming Amazon. The problems we solve will challenge the best in terms of scale (100s of billion evaluations) and latency (think milliseconds) while operating at the lowest cost.
As the Software Development Manager, you will have technical ownership of mission critical systems that drive the program. You'll lead a talented and nimble team of engineers and will define the vision for the program. You will build the team to deliver the vision.
Key job responsibilities
Direct management of a team of 8‑10 engineers
Process and quality of service improvements
Strategic planning
Project management for software within the team
Management of resources across teams
Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of engineering experience
3+ years of people management, managing engineer experience
Experience partnering with product and program management teams
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
Experience communicating technical details verbally and in writing
Experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business‑relevant problems
Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines, or experience in a fast‑paced, high‑tech company
Experience with software development in a team, and a track record of shipping software on time
Experience in a customer‑facing role, engaging with customer executives, technologists or partners to solve business problems with advanced technologies
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Posted:
October 23, 2025 (Updated 1 day ago)
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