Hands-on Technical Project Manager - Infrastructure

Hands-on Technical Project Manager – Amazon.com

 

The Amazon Infrastructure Automation team is building a suite of tools for managing the complete lifecycle of an enormous fleet of computers. The team is seeking an experienced, technically strong Project Manager to provide vision, planning, and coordination for the strategic and tactical software projects developed by the team.
In this role, you will be shaping and driving the development of sophisticated applications targeted to a broad spectrum of customers: application service owners, systems engineers, and senior executives. The challenges are of the highest profile and your impact on the company's bottom-line is enormous.

 

Experience with a large scale customer base, product planning and operations are required. Additionally, ideal candidates would have a background in the software application hosting space with a good understanding of software development and finance functions (cap-ex, op-ex and opportunity costs) to help make the right decisions about the right product features at the right time. You will be responsible for understanding the market and rewarded for hitting the bulls-eye. Amazon is leading global technology company with multiple datacenters in numerous geographic locations--our installed base is very large.

 

Candidates must have strong technical skills including programming and software design experience, project management experience, and effective communication skills. This is a very technical position where you will need to evaluate the programming ramifications of the projects.
If you are a driven, technically savvy Project Manager that is ready to handle large-scale projects with stimulating challenges, we’d love to hear from you.
REQUIREMENTS


Requirements:

3+ years experience in managing software projects is required

Bachelor's degree in CS, MIS or Business with a focus on technology is required

MBA is a strong plus

Experience with highly scalable web applications
Must have hands-on programming experience in Java, C++, C, or Perl

Experience creating HTML documents

Strategic, data-driven product management skills are important
Amazon.com is recruiting for Seattle-based opportunities. Relocation to Seattle, WA is required.