Z. Khan
Senior Marketing Manager

Growth trajectory
I joined Amazon in 2007 as a TPPM (Technical Product & Program Manager) which had both software development & product management elements attached to it. Even though I come from a technical background (Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University, Bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech), the business side to things appealed more to me. I decided to transition into a full-fledged Product Manager role.

Some stuff I have worked on
Right from conceptualization, design & delivery of Amazon Widgets: rich, interactive displays that bring Amazon.com functionality to your website. I have also been closely involved in launching an array of widgets including MP3 Clips, Carousel, Search and more. Complete ownership while shaping these products has been a highly empowering experience for me.

V. Kancharla
Senior Software Development Engineer

How my team's work impacts customer experience
Tens of thousands of bloggers are out there: if one of them wants his blog made available for Kindle readers, he can go our website & register. Newspapers are delivered automatically and wirelessly to your Kindle, so it's waiting for you to read first thing in the morning. Kindle makes it easy to take your personal documents with you, eliminating the need to print. My team works on content ingestion/publishing for Kindle (e-book reader from Amazon). We take content publishers & authors in different formats (.doc, html, pdf etc) and convert the content into Kindle compatible format. Our goal is to have every possible book in our online catalogue.

My career so far...
I joined Amazon 2 and half years ago as a Software Development Engineer (SDE). After a year promoted to SDE II – after which I decided to take the management route, so I was a Software Development Manager for a year or so. That was not exactly my calling, so I decided to get become an individual contributor again, and continued working as a software development engineer for another year. I then got promoted to a senior software development engineer and I hope to become a Principal Engineer in the future.