Software Development Manager, Managed Application Platform - MAP

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Vancouver; On-site; CAD 171,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC in Vancouver, BC, is seeking a senior engineering leader to manage teams, design scalable multi-tier web services, and own end-to-end deployment and runtime experiences. The role emphasizes builder velocity, operational risk reduction, and close collaboration with product management.

You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and drive initiatives that ensure safe, scalable production deployments while maintaining a strong customer focus and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineering teams to improve builder velocity and reduce operational risk.
• Partner with product management to align on features and roadmaps.
• Oversee design, reliability, and scaling of multi-tier web services.
• Drive end-to-end execution from design to live operations, ensuring safe deployments.

Skills

Engineering team management

Software engineering experience

System design and architecture

Multi-tier web services

Software development lifecycle

Collaboration with product management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership / mentoring

Job description

Description The Managed Application Platform team manages several Tier-1 services including Apollo

Description The Managed Application Platform team manages several Tier-1 services including Apollo

that deployment across compute types (including Hailstone and NAWS and recently Serverless),

in-place host patching (Quilt), provisioning and scaling through Apollo Cloud Control (ACC), host

and hostclass management (H2C), and custom AMI baking solutions. We also own DJS. We eliminate builder toil

so engineers can focus on solving customer and business problems without worrying about

their deployments, safety, hosts management, or capacity scaling.

We own the end-to-end deployment and host runtime experience, providing safe and scalable

solutions for both human developers and automated systems. Our products create a low-

friction path from post-build artifacts to reliable and safe production deployments. We design

for Amazon-scale while ensuring our tools are easy to use correctly and safe for automated

agents to invoke.

You will join a diverse team of software engineers working to improve builder velocity, reduce

operational risk, scale automation safely, and maximize the value of existing tooling

investments. You will collaborate with teams across Amazon and AWS to reduce builder toil at

the lowest cost, in a culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them through

completion.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, BC, Vancouver - 171,400.00 - 286,200.00 CAD annually

Company - Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC

Job ID: A10405800