Software Development Manager, Network Capacity Services

Amazon; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team that builds foundational network services for our SDN ecosystem. You will own a closed-loop system that ties network capacity planning to procurement automation, driving scale and self-management across the AWS network.

You will manage and mentor engineers bridging network and software disciplines, delivering large-scale distributed systems in Java, Python, and open-source tech.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering team management.
• Leadership of multi-disciplinary software teams.
• Experience delivering multi-tier web services and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers across projects.
• Design and own a closed-loop system for reservation of network entities enabling procurement and automation.
• Collaborate with product, program management, and network engineering teams to deliver reliable SDN services.

Skills

Engineering management

Team leadership

Software development

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache

Celery

Redis

HTTP/REST

Job description

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we run one of the largest networks in the world supporting the AWS Cloud globally. In order to manage this unimaginable scale, we are driving revolutionary changes to the way networks are conceived, designed, built and operated. We put services and algorithms in place to control and manage all layers of the Amazon network, from top of the rack switches (TORs) to our internet and private backbone facing routers. This software ecosystem must be intelligent, scalable and fault tolerant. Our vision is to ultimately have self‑managed networks and our Network Lifecycle Management (NLM) organization is responsible for building key services that will enable this vision.

We are looking for a software development manager to lead a team of engineers that will build a set of foundational network services that form a core part of our Software Defined Networking (SDN) ecosystem. The main focus of the team will be to design and own a closed‑loop system for the reservation of network entities associated to procurement activities. This service is vital for closing the gap between network capacity planning and our network automation systems. It is a crucial step towards our vision of a truly self‑managed and adaptive network.

As a manager in this team, you will be leading a team of highly motivated software developers that thrive on solving challenging problems with innovative solutions. The team bridges network engineering and software engineering disciplines to solve real world problems. They build large‑scale distributed software systems in Java, Python and other languages using open‑source technologies like Apache, Celery, Redis, HTTP/REST services, and other Amazon proprietary technologies.

Qualifications

• 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 in engineering team management
• Experience in engineering
• Experience in leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services
• Experience partnering with product and 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 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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