Software Development Manager, Data Center Builder Tools

Application deadline: Nov 26 2025

The Data Center Builder Tools team is looking for an innovative self-directed Software Development Manager to lead the effort in building tools to enable our customers to build test provision and manage industrial control devices at scale. You will build and own a team with a portfolio of cloud and on-premise services serving the Data Center Community.

As a Manager you will drive key engineering and business decisions that impact teams long-term vision. You will be responsible for hiring and leading a team of engineers responsible for building high performing applications that interact with large scale distributed this position you will partner with product managers cross-functional teams to execute both strategic and tactical roadmaps. A successful candidate will have an established background with strong technical ability excellent project management skills great communication skills and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities
The leader we are looking for will bring proven experience building managing and mentoring engineering this role:

You will build and manage a team of software development engineers (from new grads to senior engineers) by hiring coaching and promoting. You will foster career growth and a strong team culture by leading and mentoring engineers with various experiences.
You will set high engineering standards and operational excellence for the team and help them deliver incremental value to customers by administering agile development process.
You will effectively communicate within your team with your peers with senior leaders and with stakeholders. Through writing youll distill and communicate technical concepts and challenges and be willing to argue for the right outcomes using data conviction and diplomacy.
You will work with other teams and team members to break down complex challenges iterate on designs estimate engineering efforts and create work-back schedules. You will be deeply in the details of any trade-offs between approaches. Youll be an enabler and a force-multiplier for your team.

A day in the life
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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 completio

About the team
The Data Center Builder Tools team aims to make industrial controls easy to deploy and update across thousands of devices globally. We serve building management and electrical controls experts along with site operations with our modernized industrial controls systems which are safely and securely managed at scale.

AWS 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 AWS
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Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

- 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
- 5 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
- 2 years of developing and operating software at scale on Linux with knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for software deployed on physical devices and on-premise systems

- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The Colorado base pay for this position ranges from $184900/year up to $250200/year. The National 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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.