Software Development Manager, Transit Gateway

AWS Infrastructure Services 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 the supply chain 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.

Transit Gateway (TGW) acts as a highly scalable cloud routereach new connection is made only once and we need a leader for our growing data plane team! TGW is at the center of customer architectures in the cloud connecting their Amazon VPCs AWS accounts and on-premises networks.

A leader in the TGW organization will lead a team of engineers to continue to build new features and scale our systems to meet our customer needs. TGW continues to deliver new cloud routing capabilities and a leader with networking experience is preferred though not required.

Key job responsibilities
- Managing a team of software development engineers to build scalable distributed systems
- Owning the complete software development lifecycle; defining prioritizing designing testing and implementing new features
- Operating an AWS business with globally distributed servers and customers
- You have expertise in developing and delivering highly scalable distributed systems and services
- You are a committed technical leader who develops and mentors junior engineers


- 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 with networking data plane architectures specifically designing and implementing packet processing and routing mechanisms. Familiarity with high-throughput network traffic handling packet forwarding and network performance optimization in large-scale cloud environments.

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