Software Development Manager, AWS EBS Data Plane Durability Engine

Amazon Web Services is looking for a Software Development Manager to help us define and build the future of computing. The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) service delivers high performance virtualized storage in the cloud for EC2. Durable and performant storage is a key building block for any application and as a member of the EBS team youll work alongside exceptional engineers and leaders to develop and operate one of the largest distributed storage systems in the world.



Key job responsibilities
You will collaborate with and learn from the industrys best minds to solve interesting and challenging problems at an enormous scale on a daily basis. This collaboration extends beyond just the team in EBS. You will have the opportunity to work with many other teams in AWS to build a secure performant and reliable system.

A day in the life
The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) organization delivers high-performing virtualized storage in the cloud for Amazon Web Services. This is a foundational AWS service on which most other AWS services depend. Our teams software sits at the heart of all our customers disk I/O. Being at the heart of much of what AWS does presents numerous opportunities for growth along any engineering vector you are interested in.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

About the team
The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) organization delivers high-performing virtualized storage in the cloud for Amazon Web Services. This is a foundational AWS service on which most other AWS services depend. Our teams software sits at the heart of all our customers disk I/O. Being at the heart of much of what AWS does presents numerous opportunities for growth along any engineering vector you are interested in.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of engineering experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- 5 years of non-internship professional experience writing C/C code
- Experience using coding assistant LLMs such as Claude Code or Copilot to accelerate the software development lifecycle

- Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers

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