Software Development Manager Operator Tools

Have you ever been frustrated by the lack of usability of developer tools If the answer is yes then ASBX Operator Tools is the place for you. Our Charter is to improve the builder experience when it comes to operator tools. These are all the workflows post code deployment that never seem to work without a lot of manual intervention. Our goal in Operator Tools is to build tools that can be used across Amazon to make the operator experience easier faster and most importantly safer. As a leader in this space your charter will be focused on providing operators with timely and relevant operational insights to identify operational gaps and accelerate diagnosis and remediation of incidents.

As a leader on this space you will lead engineers driving Amazon largescale initiatives that improve the builder experience. You will own the goals and roadmap(s) for several services in this space . A leader in this space must demonstrate strong leadership as you control your own destiny in Amazons ownership oriented culture.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3 and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2 to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

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Key job responsibilities
We have a team culture that encourages innovation and we expect engineers and management alike to take a high level of ownership for the product vision technical architecture and project delivery. Successful candidates will be highbandwidth leaders who can cut through the noise simplify deliver results and build great teams around themselves. You will hire and lead a software engineering team responsible for rethinking the assumptions behind how we understand measure and prevent customer impacting incidents. You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to hire and mentor engineers complete handson technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues. You will manage and be responsible for defining and delivering projects that will influence how Amazon operates.

Lead an engineering team that will build operate and maintain software in order to meet business needs
Hire coach and mentor individuals
Interface with a diverse customer base to understand requirements priorities and processes
Propose and implement new projects or recommend system improvements
Own all operational metrics and support
Help develop longterm development and business technology strategies including success metrics.

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

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The base salary for this position ranges from $171400/year up to $286200/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.