Software Development Manager Boost Developer Experience

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting which data center operations and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Do you enjoy working inventing new language constructs and building developer tooling which enables the productivity of thousands of engineers to orchestrate the diverse set of activities within the vast global scale of AWS Data Centers

The Boost Developer Experience team owns the developer tooling used by other engineers to author complex work processes which orchestrate and automate the infrastructure in all AWS data centers globally. We force multiply the output of the entire Data Center Community enabling thousands of developers and a diverse range of stakeholders to concurrently deliver continuous innovation for our customers every day.

We are looking for a high caliber Software Development Manager to lead a talented multifunctional team of engineers to build the software used to operate our data centers including those in the early phases of construction. Our software is as critical to getting a new data center off the ground as it is to ensuring it runs like a well oiled machine flexing to meet real world demand at scale. On this team you will own the software roadmap for an area with strategic significance and high exposure. You will tackle some of the most intriguing problems in distributed software with a diverse global infrastructure landscape. This role requires deep technical expertise excellent leadership skills and the ability to hit the ground running. You will collaborate closely with engineers product managers and customers to define solution strategies that are well vetted and drive them to fruition. You will be counted on to be an influential voice in decisions related to system architecture feature development and product strategy. As innovators we embrace new technology and you will be empowered to guide the direction of the technology choices we make.

If you enjoy designing and building highly distributed systems at scale and the crafting the tooling which powers them come join us!


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3 years of engineering team management experience
7 years of working directly within engineering teams experience
3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services 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 or program management teams
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
Experience delivering products against plan in a fastpaced multidisciplined distributedresponsibility and often ambiguous environment
Experience in many disparate technologies typically ranging from frontend user interfaces through to backend systems and all points in between

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.