Software Development Manager - Data Analytics, Ring Firmware

Job summary
Ring's mission is to reduce crime in neighborhoods. With affordable solutions that work on any home, Ring is committed to offering smart security that’s accessible to everyone. Now Ring is part of the Amazon Devices family, and is seeking a technical leader who will help us create the next generation of home security. What will you help us create?

The Role:

As a Software Development Manager of the Data Analytics team for Ring Firmware, you will be responsible for leading a world class team of engineers in developing solutions enabling our development teams to launch Ring products used by millions of our neighbors. You will manage a team of software/data engineers to develop services and tools which will be integrated in our pipeline of Firmware development, supporting and enabling the firmware rollout decision process. A successful candidate will have strong technical skills, great communication abilities, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

You will engage with a global, cross-disciplinary staff in data research, service development, and embedded software. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment.

Key job responsibilities
* Lead a team of software and data engineers
* Execution against project plans and timely delivery of committed results.
* Building, enhancing and maintaining a best-in-class engineering team.
* Delivering a strategy and vision for the team's further growth and direction

A day in the life
The role's primary focus will be on understanding the end-to-end firmware development and deployment process, and identifying the fundamental success criteria defining the firmware rollout. You will grow a team of talented engineers, influence the CD process for all Ring product lines, and will represent the team in front of Ring leadership.

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
* 7+ years of experience in the Software Development space
* 5+ years of people management experience.
* Proven analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive actions
* High attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications

* Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
* Experience working in IOT and building scalable backend services.
* Experience with Data Analytics and/or Data Science and infrastructure
* Experience with modern SCM tools such as Git, Gerrit, Confluence, Jira, Bamboo.
* Experience with working on AWS services (S3, DynamoDB, EC2, Kinesis, SQS, IAM).
* Proficiency in the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Java, Go, Python) and open-source technologies.
* Experience with managing complex build systems and Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) setup



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