AWS SDKs & Tools Lead - Software Development Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 203,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in New York is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a New York-based team of engineers who own several AWS SDKs.

You'll set technical direction, keep operations healthy, and own the roadmap for your SDKs. You'll hire and grow engineers, balance new features with long-term maintainability and backward compatibility, and partner with sister SDK teams to ship features that span every language.

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.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services.
• Experience with SDLC practices, code reviews, source control, and live-site operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of software engineers and foster ownership and high standards.
• Grow engineers across the career ladder with clear, actionable feedback.
• Own the roadmap for your SDK portfolio from customer feedback and usage data.
• Engage with the open-source community and maintain SDK responsiveness and trust.
• Balance speed, quality, and backward compatibility across a large codebase.

Skills

Engineering management

Leadership

Software design

Tools

Git

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in New York is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a New York-based team of engineers who own several AWS SDKs.

You'll set technical direction, keep operations healthy, and own the roadmap for your SDKs. You'll hire and grow engineers, balance new features with long-term maintainability and backward compatibility, and partner with sister SDK teams to ship features that span every language.