Software Development Manager, Remote Configuration Management

The Device Software Services organization is specialized in building foundational platform solutions that cater to a number of critical customer experiences across Amazon devices.

We are hiring a Software Development Manager to lead the team that owns the Remote Configuration Management solution that simplifies the management of applications at scale by enabling deployment of configuration changes from a central location. The Remote Configuration Management solution provides Amazon Device/App businesses a self-service mechanism to control functioning and App behavior based on business needs. This team will own and maintain device components as well as the cloud infrastructure responsible for maintaining and distributing configurations at scale across Amazon devices and applications.

As a Software Development Manager you enjoy taking on hard ambiguous problems and breaking them down to their simple parts. You are creative driven and highly productive. You are a great team player who will naturally elevate the performance of the people around you. You have a track record of quickly ramping up on complex technical systems demonstrating strong judgment and identifying opportunities for our customers. You have the ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and deliver results.


Key job responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of software engineers fostering technical excellence and career development while driving engineering best practices
Own end-to-end delivery of complex software projects managing scope timelines and resource allocation across multiple workstreams
Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy aligned with business objectives and Amazons leadership principles
Collaborate with product managers other engineering teams and stakeholders to define technical roadmaps and deliver customer-focused solutions
Manage team performance conduct hiring provide performance reviews and make data-driven decisions for team growth and composition
Ensure operational excellence through metrics monitoring and continuous improvement of systems reliability and scalability
Implement and enforce security best practices compliance requirements and risk management strategies across team deliverables
Drive innovation and technical excellence while maintaining high standards for code quality testing and documentation


- 10 years of engineering experience
- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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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