Systems Development Manager, Managed Operations

Amazon Jobs; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading cloud computing provider in Madrid seeks a Development Engineering Leader to oversee the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud. The role involves managing teams, enhancing operations, and ensuring high availability of AWS services. Applicants should have a strong background in engineering and leadership. This position offers relocation support within the EU.

Formación

• Hands-on software development and object-oriented design experience.
• Experience with building scalable infrastructure software.
• Knowledge of best practices for software development life cycle.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee the launch of the EUSC in 2025 collaborating with AWS teams.
• Manage systems operations and development teams.
• Enhance day-to-day operations for improved service delivery.

Conocimientos

Fluency in written and spoken English

Strong engineering fundamentals

Program and product management skills

Educación

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Engineering

Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Overview

AWS is set to introduce the inaugural European Sovereign Cloud (EUSC), marking a significant development in utility computing (UC). As part of this initiative, we are looking for experienced development engineering leaders with a strong background in both development management and operations expertise. As a member of the AWS Managed Operations team, you will play a key role in building and leading operations and development teams dedicated to delivering high-availability AWS services, including EC2, S3, Dynamo, Lambda, and Bedrock, exclusively for EU customers. For more information on EUSC please check out our blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will encompass overseeing the launch of the EUSC in 2025, working closely with AWS global teams and influencing the evolution of AWS services and technology. A typical day in this role involves collaborating with technology leaders, contributing to the enhancement of day-to-day operations, and ensuring improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the EUSC. As a leader, you will manage teams in both systems operations and development, emphasizing automation and engineering efficiency.

The overarching goal is to deliver scalable services and ensure a high-availability experience for EU customers. If you are an experienced professional ready for a challenging and impactful opportunity, we invite you to join our efforts in building a best-in-class development engineering and operations team that aligns with AWS's commitment to customer satisfaction and continual innovation.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Lead your team in executing organizational and team roadmaps, focusing on EUSC launch goals. Foster collaboration and shared success through regular check-ins and strategic guidance.
• Analyze systems and software performance, identifying areas for improvement, and shape strategies to enhance overall efficiency.
• Cross-departmental collaboration is key, you will strengthen relationships with other teams, streamlining processes for optimal functioning of the EUSC.
• Build, coach and mentor teams to ensure a skilled and invested workforce.
• Regularly review key performance metrics, to ensure the team's efforts align with overarching business objectives, fostering a results-driven environment.
• Identify successes and areas for improvement, ensuring your teams are well-prepared for EUSC launch challenges and opportunities.
• This position involves On-call responsibility, you will be required to drive escalation calls.

Eligibility Requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Candidates must be a national of an EU member state and residing in the EU to operate the AWS European Sovereign Cloud
• Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants within the European Union
• Employees will participate in an On-Call rota.

Team & Culture

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

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Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience
• Demonstrated Software Development or Systems experience (including hands‑on development work and object‑oriented design), plus proven track record of high-scale hiring and talent management across teams of multiple disciplines/job families.
• Systems engineering experience (e.g., virtualization, hardware design, operating system tuning), experience building scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong engineering fundamentals (networking, network services, operating systems)
• Leading development life cycle processes and best practices, especially in the areas of deployment automation and monitoring
• Strong program and product management skills.
• Experience with distributed systems at scale, including AWS platforms, services and design patterns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership, including an ability to promote operational excellence.

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