Amazon Kindle has changed the way books are published, sold, and read across the globe. Independent authors are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand offerings, enabling them to reach audiences never before available. Kindle readers are able to download any book in any language in sixty seconds. Come be a part of changing the way the world reads.Amazon is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Software Development Manager (SDM) to join the Kindle Content business. The Kindle Rendering team works on revolutionizing next generation of reading possibilities for millions of customers and thinks ahead in the space to bring more stronger foundations to delight our growing customers of different personas. We work on enriching all books and personal documents for best in class reading and writing experience in Kindle. We are responsible for building ideas from inception to delivery and own the Kindle Content experience foundational tech stacks which brings positive impact to our Customers, Publishers and Authors. We work on scaling our framework's testability, reliability for all partner teams to contribute. We also work across the diverse Kindle Technologies across teams to deliver the delighting experience for our customers on time and raise the bar on engineering excellence on building content experiences at low cost. The Software Development Manager of this team will be responsible for managing the team’s roadmap, creating innovating culture to bring ideas to delight our customers, working with product managers in shaping the ideas to a fine product features, working with diverse stakeholders to deliver the right things at the right time, reviewing design/architectures, guiding team with right technical choices and hiring & creating right opportunities to grow the team. The team’s software is backed by C/C++, Internal services, workflows and 3P libraries. The ideal candidate will have a background in computer science, have an affinity to being a leader, have experience running software teams with Agile methodologies, and experience owning a product roadmap for shipping software.