Software Development Manager, Amazon Leo, Amazon Leo

About Amazon Leo:
Amazon Leo is Amazons initiative to launch a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The Commerce team plays a crucial role in developing and managing the systems that will enable customer acquisition billing and overall business operations for this service.

Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and innovative Software Development Manager to lead and be part of our Amazon Leo Network Observability and AI Foundations team. This role will be instrumental in building observability systems that can quickly detect network connectivity issues from satellite to terrestrial services to improve Amazon Leos global network connectivity. This role will also pioneering agentic AI for satellite network diagnostics to report troubleshoot and mitigate issues across our satellite and E2E network stack and mission operations use cases.

Export Control Requirement: This position may require access to information technology or hardware that is subject to export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Arms Regulations (ITAR). Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining any required export licenses or other approvals from the United States government. As such the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain any necessary export licenses or approvals based on their nationality citizenship and any other factors considered by the applicable export control regulations

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
- Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems and interfaces.
- Develop a strategic plan for the growth of the team both from a software services and organization perspective.
- Hire & Develop a diverse team of software engineers.
- Aid in the design of mission critical systems in Amazon Leo.
- Collaborate with your fellow team members to form a strong foundation for a software organization in Amazon Leo
- Help on-board and mentor new team members.

- 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
- 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
- 5 years of Software Engineer Software Developer or related occupational 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

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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 Redmond - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually