Sr. Manager, Software Dev, AFSS

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Herndon VA USA

Amazon is continuously innovating new services and features for our customers. Our engineers invent build and sometimes break things to make them easier faster better and more costeffective. However no matter what were building from websites to web services AR to AI drones to devices security is always our top priority. The Amazon Security team focuses on working with our builders to provide experiences that our customers can trust. That means constantly learning new things and solving complex problems to protect the safety security and privacy of billions of lives on a global scale.

At Amazon youll be working with the best minds in technology and security. Learn and be curious here and accelerate your career growth. You can take pride in knowing that your work is meaningful having a positive impact on others and making the world a better place.

What you will do: You will own the vision and architecture for products that will enforce and enable secure development at Amazon. You will work closely with your customers partner teams and foundational engineering teams to ensure the needs of your customers are clearly understood and effectively addressed. You will collaborate with the senior leadership team to drive key engineering and business decisions that achieve the right outcomes. Since our systems are foundational to the Amazon ecosystem you will also have the opportunity to learn about various businesses across Amazon.

What we are looking for: Successful candidates for this position must have experience in growing and coaching a highly qualified team of software engineers. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills be selfdriven and deliver high quality results in a fastpaced environment. You will be able to Think Big to develop a plan and invent mechanisms that scale to meet the broad and diverse needs of teams across Amazon. You will have a strong customer obsession working to deeply understand the needs of your customers and relentlessly looking to improve their experience and make them more productive.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security
At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security its in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas perspectives and voices.
Training & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledgesharing training and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.


10 years of engineering experience
5 years of engineering team management experience
10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment

Experience partnering with product and program management teams
Experience designing and developing large scale hightraffic applications

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