Software Development Manager, Specialist Technology Team

We own AI-powered content quality and security validation services used by thousands of AWS builders and internal AWS services to ensure technical documentation training materials and customer-facing content meets the highest standards of technical accuracy and security compliance.

We are looking for a Software Development Manager who is passionate about leading a team that owns the design and development of a machine learning-based content assessment systems that supports AWSs extensive content ecosystem.

This team works on challenges including natural language processing distributed system design scalable API development machine learning model integration and automated testing frameworks. The role involves building serverless architectures selecting and implementing appropriate AWS based solutions designing complex content processing pipelines and ensuring high availability and performance at massive scale.

As a Software Development Manager you will work closely with a diverse and talented team of engineers and product managers to ideate build operate and scale impactful customer facing features across the full product development lifecycle. You will leverage your experience and unique skills to grow engineers individual careers and deliver impactful projects to our customers. You are open to learning new skills growing your career being mentored and mentoring others. Youll collaborate with people and other teams across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security. Youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for working on behalf of customers have a track record of on-time delivery of large scale projects and have the ability to operate independently and autonomously. This individual will be able to understand complex problems and identify areas where they will need to have their team invest to ensure they are able to support the anticipated growth and future requirements of the services. Maturity judgment communication skills negotiation skills and influencing skills are all essential as you will interact with cross-functional teams worldwide.

Key job responsibilities
Recruit hire mentor and manage teams of software engineers.
Foster career growth and a strong team culture.
Interface with the product manager and internal customers to understand requirements set priorities and communicate direction and progress.
Own the operational health of your teams software
Manage the agile development process and methodology to deliver tech requirements on time and with a high-degree of precision and quality.
Coordinate with stakeholders in other groups drive alignment across multiple orgs on shared goals and initiatives
Make long term org design decisions architectural decisions.
Help develop long-term business and technology strategies.
Drive improvements in software engineering practices.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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 theres nothing we cant achieve

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of engineering experience
- 8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 3 years of Software Engineer Software Developer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java C# or C experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually