Software Development Manager, Discovery Services, IMDb Platform Engineering
Core
Lead engineering team building AI-powered discovery engine (search, lists, ranking) for IMDb's structured data of movies, shows, and talent.
Role type
Senior IC engineering manager (discovery services)
Builds
Distributed services handling billions of requests, intent-based search, AI/ML ranking, and platform APIs for IMDb, Amazon, and partners.
Domain
Entertainment data, search & retrieval, AI/ML ranking
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
engineering team management, distributed systems architecture, multi-tier web services design, API contract definition, SLO management, stakeholder partnership, hiring and mentoring
Preferred skills
communicating technical designs to leadership, recruiting and coaching software engineers
Technologies
distributed services, platform APIs, SDKs, declarative schema registration
Responsibilities
define technical strategy and architecture for discovery systems, operate as a platform publishing formal API contracts and SLOs, own full development lifecycle of team services, partner with product managers on roadmap, lead design reviews, maintain operational excellence, hire and mentor engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with significant people management