Audio and Podcasts advertising is a complex and exciting technical space, as we run audio and display advertising across web, mobile, Alexa, and CTV surfaces. We are also at an inflection point in Amazon's ad tech evolution, moving from multiple sub-scale ad tech stacks to a scaled, publisher technology or supply side platform that is to advertising as AWS core services are to cloud computing.

Audio is a critical growth engine for advertising and one of our fastest growing teams and products. You will be inventing alongside our Publisher Technology team, and extending Audio ads solutions to Ads Console, Local Advertising, Audio on Twitch and Alexa while balancing 1P and 3P audio supply.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager (SDM), you will lead a team of engineers to solve challenging technical and business problems. You will drive technical strategy and architecture in the demand space. You will work closely with business teams, product managers, engineers, and partner teams to create and drive plans that transform ideas into products that delight your customers. Your strong coaching and mentoring skills will help you develop individuals in your team, fostering a high-performance collaborative development environment.

The successful candidate is expected to have deep software engineering, project management, and people management skills. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and have the ability to deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment. We are looking for someone customer-obsessed with a passion for advertising.