Alexa+ is an AI assistant, built on top of the latest advancements in Generative AI. With 600+ million Alexa devices in the world, Alexa+ is reinventing the Customer Experience, completing complex tasks, being proactive and personal. Calendar is one of the key domains within Alexa+, helping families manage their household schedule and aiming to become the smartest AI assistant in the market. We are rapidly expanding our customer base and interfaces, making it easier for customers to connect and interact, making daily life easier to manage. If you are looking for a role working in the latest technology while also delivering critical customer value, this is the place.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team delivering Calendar features. Your team will own the customer facing experience for Calendar on top Alexa+ LLM based experiences. You will work closely with various key stakeholders. You are expected to manage the roadmap, propose, align, and communicate trade offs to generate the optimal value to customers, providing timely visibility to all stakeholders including senior leadership. You will ensure your team operates efficiently, leveraging latest Generative AI based tools as well as the appropriate cross-platform user-experience frameworks, developing experiences across multiple device types. This role works closely with senior leaders across Alexa to deliver strategic initiatives.

A day in the life
A typical day includes engaging cross-functional leaders from product and partner tech teams to conceptualize, scope, and plan upcoming deliveries, ensuring alignment on priorities and technical approaches. Throughout the day, you manage project planning by breaking down complex initiatives into actionable tasks, coordinating delivery timelines with your team, and actively tracking progress to identify and resolve blockers. You regularly communicate delivery status to stakeholders, providing transparent updates on milestones, risks, and achievements. As a technical leader, you contribute to shaping the vision, goals, and technical strategy by staying attuned to customer needs and market opportunities, while mentoring engineers through complex technical challenges, guiding design trade-offs. Throughout all activities, you maintain a relentless focus on innovating on behalf of customers.