Elevate Developer Productivity and Lead Innovative Infrastructure Solutions in the Heart of Mexico City! Join our dynamic team and transform how software engineers build deploy and manage critical development tools that power Amazons Device OS platform.
As our next Software Development Manager youll drive technological innovation nurture engineering talent and create scalable infrastructure solutions that empower hundreds of engineers across Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead mentor and grow a team of 7-12 engineers in Mexico City developing their technical and professional skills
- Drive technical architecture decisions and establish engineering best practices for your team
- Own the delivery of high-quality scalable and reliable developer infrastructure services and tools
- Collaborate with peer teams and stakeholders across Amazon Device OS to understand requirements and align on priorities
- Build and maintain roadmaps that balance strategic initiatives with operational excellence
- Establish and track meaningful metrics to measure team health productivity and impact
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement innovation and engineering excellence
- Manage operational support and on-call rotations for critical services
- Actively participate in hiring and growing the Amazon Device OS Mexico City engineering presence
- Partner with your manager and peers to influence the broader Amazon Device OS Developer Infrastructure strategy
A day in the life
Your day will be a blend of strategic leadership and hands-on technical collaboration. Youll engage with talented engineers architect state-of-the-art developer tools and create an environment where innovation thrives. From designing robust infrastructure to mentoring your team every moment will be about pushing technological boundaries and enabling developer success.
About the team
We are a passionate distributed team dedicated to accelerating developer productivity through innovative tooling. Our mission is to build reliable scalable infrastructure that empowers software engineers across Amazon Device OS. Based in Mexico City were expanding our engineering hub and seeking collaborative forward-thinking leaders.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- 4 years of experience in software development
- 2 years of experience in technical leadership roles (tech lead manager architect)
- Experience managing mentoring and developing software engineers
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java Python Kotlin TypeScript etc.)
- Experience with CI/CD systems build automation and deployment tooling
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and best practices
- Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal communication)
- Proven track record of delivering complex software projects
- 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
- Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- Experience leading teams building developer productivity tools or infrastructure
- Experience with cloud services (AWS Azure GCP) and infrastructure as code
- Knowledge of API management versioning and documentation best practices
- Experience with container technologies (Docker Kubernetes)
- Track record of driving engineering excellence and operational improvements
- Experience working in globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
- Knowledge of security best practices for development workflows
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