Software Development Manager, Aurora Storage

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. Within AWS UC Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Are you looking to work on the coolest technology while growing your career in a group that cares about people just as much as products

Amazon Aurora is breaking new ground and changing the rules for relational databases. Aurora is an exciting area of innovation for AWS especially in its storage layer. Aurora storage is a distributed scale-out auto healing storage platform built grounds up by Amazon engineers. This is truly the secret sauce behind the unmatched availability durability and performance of Aurora. The storage team puts all the principles of distributed computing into practice at AWS scale. If youre looking to grow come on board! We have one of the most senior teams in AWS - and our senior engineers are eager to brainstorm mentor and get software built together.

Were are one of the fastest growing businesses within Amazon Web Services. We are currently spread across Seattle the San Francisco Bay Area. We are successful because not only we solve deep database storage problems for our customers we also minimize the effort required to maintain their databases by automating administrative tasks like backup restore disaster protection fail-over for high availability etc. Aurora is the most advanced cloud database service out there and were proud to continuously raise the bar. We think we have a winning combination for both startups and enterprises who are moving all their most important data and applications to the cloud. We intend to be the worlds best and fastest database built by an excellent team all while having fun - come join us on the journey!

We are looking for candidates that have solid analytical design and problem diagnosis skills. Expertise with high-performance systems or service design is a plus. You should be comfortable through all phases of software development including hiring and growing your own team of managers. The ability to translate high-level technical requirements into executable project plans is essential. If this sounds like you come join us and help AWS continue to lead the cloud computing revolution.

What is in it for you
Huge impact: Work on a service that will be used directly and indirectly by millions of customers.
Gratification: You will know you are solving problems most software developers dont yet know exist.
Critical: Databases are cornerstones to many of our customers applications.
Ownership: you will quickly become responsible for key components of the service.
Learn: If want to learn about challenges of large-scale fault tolerant systems in practice this is an opportunity of a lifetime.
Innovate: We learn from our customers and invent every day.
Make history: AWS is the leader in a current industry wide revolution.
Have fun: Surround yourself with engineers that like to solve complex problems but also work in a fun environment.

For more information about Aurora please visit the team

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- 3 years of engineering team management 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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