Alexa Growth organization's mission is to enable Alexa+ engagement depth and
breadth by focusing on C/WAA (Conversations per Weekly Active Account) and
asks/WAA. We drive acquisition of new customers and deepen engagement of
existing ones through horizontal, cross-functional initiatives, end-to-end
experience optimization, and rigorous high-tempo experimentation — worldwide,
across paid and free tiers. We are under the broader Alexa Core Experiences org
and are looking for an engineering site leader based out of our Hyderabad
office.
Key job responsibilities
The engineering leader will lead multiple teams of engineers, owning and
operating some of the foundational horizontal and vertical components that run
Alexa. The leader might directly manage a team of engineers but will also have
managers reporting into them. They are responsible to ensuring that their work
is delivered on time and at a high quality, and for making technical decisions
from software architecture to operational excellence. They will ensure your
features can scale to support Alexa in a variety of languages world wide and
across the wide range of devices on which Alexa is available.
The leader will have significant influence on our overall product strategy by
helping define the features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the
best practices that enable a quality product. Basic Qualifications: - 10+ years
of engineering experience
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience
- 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software
experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and
scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development
teams in an Agile workplace Preferred Qualifications: - Experience partnering
with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale