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Software Development Manager, Appstore Commerce Checkout and Payments - Amazon.com
Software Engineer
Lead a high‑impact engineering team building scalable checkout and payment services for the Amazon Appstore, driving revenue‑critical order workflows and subscription management across Fire OS devices.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Own and evolve tier‑1 checkout and payment microservices that handle millions of in‑app purchases daily.
- Lead a cross‑functional engineering team, setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high‑quality delivery.
- Design and implement robust, low‑latency payment flows and subscription management for Fire OS and Vega OS platforms.
- Collaborate with product, security, and finance stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and meet compliance standards.
- Drive performance optimization, reliability engineering, and incident response for revenue‑critical services.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a people‑management or technical‑lead role.
- Strong proficiency in Java and building scalable microservice architectures on AWS.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, high‑throughput payment processing, and subscription models.
- Proven track record delivering large‑scale, customer‑facing services with high availability and low latency.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to influence across multiple teams.