Software Development Manager, Graviton Software
Software Development Manager, Graviton Software
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The AWS Graviton Software team is looking for a Software Development Manager to drive the development and optimization of open source and internal applications.
Annapurna Labs part of AWS designed the Graviton CPU as a strategic initiative to improve how software works at Amazon scale. Graviton is an Arm-based CPU that delivers better performance lower price and lower carbon footprint over comparable x86-based instances. For the past 2 years Graviton has powered the majority of new EC2 capacity and is used by over 90% of our largest customers.
Key job responsibilities
- As a Software Engineering Manager you will be responsible for leading a strong team of engineers to innovate and deliver software that powers the world largest cloud provider.
- Work backwards from the customer to invent new solutions and to improve existing software.
- Work with the executive leadership and technical leaders to define the product direction. Create vision and execution documents. Insist on the high bar for technical documentation and the quality of the developed software.
- Perform hands-on code reviews and other technical deep dives to ensure the right thing is being built and delivered to customers.
- Hire coach and promote software engineers.
About the team
The Graviton Software organization ports optimizes and develops software to drive down the cost of adoption and operation for the AWS Graviton instances. We pro-actively improve and upstream open source software including Linux kernel operating system compilers libraries and applications. We help internal and external customers to troubleshoot and fix performance bottlenecks that prevent them from using Graviton. We develop services and tools to automate most of the heavy lifting and also maintain publicly available documentation like the Graviton Developer Guide on GitHub.
- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 3 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
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
- 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 partnering with product and program management teams
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The 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.
Annapurna Labs part of AWS designed the Graviton CPU as a strategic initiative to improve how software works at Amazon scale. Graviton is an Arm-based CPU that delivers better performance lower price and lower carbon footprint over comparable x86-based instances. For the past 2 years Graviton has powered the majority of new EC2 capacity and is used by over 90% of our largest customers.
Key job responsibilities
- As a Software Engineering Manager you will be responsible for leading a strong team of engineers to innovate and deliver software that powers the world largest cloud provider.
- Work backwards from the customer to invent new solutions and to improve existing software.
- Work with the executive leadership and technical leaders to define the product direction. Create vision and execution documents. Insist on the high bar for technical documentation and the quality of the developed software.
- Perform hands-on code reviews and other technical deep dives to ensure the right thing is being built and delivered to customers.
- Hire coach and promote software engineers.
About the team
The Graviton Software organization ports optimizes and develops software to drive down the cost of adoption and operation for the AWS Graviton instances. We pro-actively improve and upstream open source software including Linux kernel operating system compilers libraries and applications. We help internal and external customers to troubleshoot and fix performance bottlenecks that prevent them from using Graviton. We develop services and tools to automate most of the heavy lifting and also maintain publicly available documentation like the Graviton Developer Guide on GitHub.
- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 3 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
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
- 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 partnering with product and program management teams
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The 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.
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