Software Development Manager, EC2 Infrastructure Supply Chain Security Services

EC2 Infrastructure Services organization is responsible for making EC2 instances available to our customers at all times. We are a key part of what makes EC2 elastic. AI infrastructure has taken a key place in EC2 and we are building systems services and automation to operate this at scale.

We are seeking a software development manager to lead AI infrastructure provisioning team. This team owns delivering AWS Trainium UltraServers based capacity to our customers. The manager of the team will lead technical strategy for the team and lead the team in building software at scale to provision the UltraServers improve the workflows reduce dwell times and ensure reliable scalable delivery of AI infrastructure for Amazons rapidly growing compute fleet.

In this role you will translate partnership commitments into executable technical and operational plans ensure solutions meet AWS architectural and operational standards and provide clear accurate communication to other leaders.

The role requires deep hands-on technical knowledge of AWS architectures and best practices as well as exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Key job responsibilities
Team Leadership & People Management

* Lead and mentor a team of 8-12 Software Development Engineers focused on EC2 server provisioning and infrastructure delivery
* Conduct regular 1:1s provide continuous feedback and drive career development for all team members
* Recruit hire and onboard top engineering talent to scale the team in alignment with organizational goals
* Foster an inclusive team culture that promotes innovation collaboration and operational excellence

Technical Strategy & Execution

* Own the technical roadmap and delivery of EC2 provisioning systems for compute infrastructure for Trainium UltraServer Platforms
* Drive architectural decisions to scale and reliably provision and maintain Amazons rapidly growing EC2 UltraServer fleet
* Collaborate with senior leadership and peer SDMs to align team priorities with broader EC2 organizational objectives
* Work closely with Principal Engineers and Senior SDEs to define technical standards and best practices

Operational Excellence & Innovation

* Drive continuous improvement in software development practices including CI/CD pipelines testing frameworks and deployment automation
* Champion operational metrics and mechanisms to improve system reliability reduce toil and accelerate delivery
* Balance short-term delivery commitments with long-term technical debt reduction and system modernization

A day in the life
As a Software Development Manager you will work with your customers peers and TPMs on execution of product roadmap. You will own the EC2 Supply Chain Security Services which are a suite of critical services in Data Centers and Manufacturing to vet capacity and host this position you will be managing your team and work with other SDMs or stakeholders in designing developing and delivering solutions to our customers. You own supporting production issues and tickets.

About the team
The EC2 UltraServer Provisioning team is a high-performing engineering organization responsible for delivering AWS Trainium-based UltraServers infrastructure at scale. We manage end-to-end provisioning workflows from host ingestion through testing repair and recovery.

- 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
- 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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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 WA Seattle - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually