Sr Manager, Software Development, Elastic Container Service

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 214,000 - 358,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RRSP

DPSP

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead engineering teams within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Vancouver, BC. You will own the technical direction and execution for multiple teams and grow a high-performing engineering organization in Canada.

You will define the roadmap for ECS features and infrastructure, partner with product and program management, and ensure operational excellence across availability, latency, scalability, and

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of ECS features and platform improvements that serve production workloads.
• Define and execute a multi-year technical roadmap aligned to ECS product strategy and customer needs.
• Build and scale an engineering organization in Vancouver, BC, hiring and developing engineers and engineering managers.
• Partner with Product Management and Technical Program Management to translate customer requirements into engineering plans with milestones.
• Establish and maintain operational excellence standards: availability, latency, scalability, and security targets for ECS services.
• Drive cross-team architectural decisions and resolve technical ambiguity with data and engineering rigor.
• Represent the Vancouver engineering organization in AWS-wide planning processes, including headcount planning.
• Hold teams accountable to high-quality engineering standards through design reviews and post-incident analysis.

Skills

Engineering experience

Team management

Consumer software

PM partnership

Agile leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Containers ecosystem

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead engineering teams within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Vancouver, BC. ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that enables customers to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with speed and reliability.

In this role, you will own the technical direction and execution of multiple engineering teams, define the roadmap for ECS features and infrastructure, and grow a high-performing organization of engineers and engineering managers.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of ECS features and platform improvements that directly serve thousands of customers running production workloads on AWS.
• Define and execute a multi-year technical roadmap aligned to AWS ECS product strategy and customer needs.
• Build and scale an engineering organization in Vancouver, BC, hiring and developing engineers and engineering managers.
• Partner with Product Management and Technical Program Management to translate customer requirements into engineering plans with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Establish and maintain operational excellence standards: availability, latency, scalability, and security targets for ECS services.
• Drive cross-team architectural decisions and resolve technical ambiguity with data and engineering rigor.
• Represent the Vancouver engineering organization in AWS-wide planning processes, including OP1/OP2 cycles and headcount planning.
• Hold teams accountable to high-quality engineering standards through design reviews, operational reviews, and post-incident analysis.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS, or experience implementing a cloud-based technology solution
• Experience in Kubernetes, Docker or containers ecosystem
• Experience delivering technology products or services in a high growth environment
• Experience hiring, developing and promoting engineering talent
• Experience performing complex business case analysis to justify technical decisions and presenting to senior management

Compensation

Base salary range: $214,200 – $357,800 CAD annually. Total compensation may include sign-on payments and RSUs. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), RRSP, DPSP, paid time off, and more.

10+ years of engineering experience; 5+ years of engineering team management; experience with Agile environments; experience partnering with product/program management; preferred: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, or containers ecosystem experience