Senior Software Development Manager, Traffic Engineering

Amazon Traffic Engineering builds innovative managed compute and networking solutions that empower Amazon Software Engineers to build and operate services for Amazons customers that are secure highly available and easy to scale. We identify and support the foundational infrastructure capabilities tools and datasets needed to support rapid global expansion of Amazons SOA (Service Oriented Infrastructure) infrastructure built on top of AWS technologies. Our team focuses on robust and scalable architecture patterns and engineering best practices driving adoption of ever-evolving AWS technologies.

As a Senior Manager you will own SDOs service oriented connectivity architecture builder experience and regional expansion at Amazon. Our team builds and operates innovative hosted compute platforms that empower Amazons retail engineers to build architectures for their business solutions that are secure available productive and cost efficient.

This position requires direct experience leading teams and managing large deliverables to run Amazon-scale infrastructure. Your role will be multifaceted combining strategic vision with hands-on technical expertise. Youll shape the long-term technical roadmap and set ambitious goals to drive performance improvements that benefit our customers. A key aspect of your role will be fostering a thriving engineering community aligning organizational leaders on priorities and optimizing resource allocation to achieve critical objectives. Your technical acumen will be put to the test as you identify architectural bottlenecks develop proof-of-concepts and guide senior engineers in crafting robust technical solutions. Youll be instrumental in streamlining delivery timelines through strategic engineering plans. Communication will be crucial as you keep senior leadership informed navigate risks and make judicious technical trade-offs to maximize customer impact. Your commitment to quality will be evident in your meticulous focus on metrics implementation of automation to reduce operational burden and emphasis on scalable tools to address operational challenges. This quality-first mindset will inspire and permeate throughout your team.

Our vision is to make Amazons Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) more manageable and developers more productive by building an ecosystem of managed abstractions that allow Amazon Retail developers to focus on their unique business logic and business operations knowing that security authentication authorization load balancing throttling and routing just work and are always consistent with Amazon best practices.

Come help us create and evolve the abstractions that make developing software at Amazon even more flexible!

Key job responsibilities
- 10 years of engineering experience
- 5 years of engineering team management experience including managing managers
- 10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment

- 10 years of engineering experience
- 10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
- 5 years of engineering team management experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale high-traffic applications

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Sunnyvale - 253100.00 - 342300.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually