Do you want to revolutionize the way people interact with large amounts of data and get answers to their questions? Amazon Q in QuickSight is a machine learning powered capability that uses natural language processing to answer your business questions instantly, saving weeks of effort from BI teams having to build pre-defined data models and dashboards. QuickSight makes it easy for all employees, regardless of their technical skill, to perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from their data.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering leader to manage a team of highly skilled engineers with expertise and passion in building remarkable products with awesome user experiences. Experience with business intelligence, data query, and machine learning are big pluses. In this role, you will take overall responsibility for growing and leading a software development team that is responsible for critical components of QuickSight Q with a focus on machine learning and its application to data intelligence and NLQ. You will develop the design, implementation, testing and deployment of these critical services. You will draw from your deep and broad technical and management expertise to mentor senior engineers and managers, complete hands-on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues, design tradeoffs, and feature and schedule prioritization. This is one of our most strategic technical projects with a long-term vision and an opportunity to deliver both significant business and industry-wide technical impact. As an engineering leader, you will also work with senior executives to develop business targets and resource requirements, influence our technical and business strategy, help hire talented engineers and managers, and conceive innovative new solutions for our customers.
Key job responsibilities
This position represents an unusual opportunity to shape the technology and future of a rapidly evolving industry and business. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software expertise, and have strong business acumen and judgment, the ability to define ground breaking products, the ability to hire and lead a team, the desire to have an industry wide impact and ability to work within a fast moving, startup environment in a large company to rapidly deliver services that have a broad business impact. As with all Amazon positions, you will also be deeply customer-centric.
