Engineering Manager, AWS ELB Control Plane & Scale

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle seeks a Software Development Manager to lead the ELB control plane team (NLB/GWLB) at massive scale. You will guide a group of engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure operations excellence across high‑availability networking services.

You will own technical strategy, set roadmaps, hire and mentor top talent, and partner with product management and partner teams to deliver customer‑facing solutions. This role offers scope to impact AWS at scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting systems (design patterns, reliability and scaling).
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• 3+ years of operational experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers building and operating AWS ELB services at massive scale.
• Drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, and roadmap planning for ELB features and reliability improvements.
• Hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent; conduct performance reviews and mentorship.
• Own operational excellence — ensure high availability, low latency, and security for AWS networking services.
• Partner cross-functionally with product management and engineering leadership to define solutions.
• Manage sprint planning, project prioritization, and delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Establish and raise the engineering bar through reviews and best practices adoption.
• Drive operational metrics, on-call processes, and incident response to maintain SLAs.
• Communicate progress and risks to senior leadership; articulate trade-offs.
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People management

Cloud-scale systems

Technical strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle seeks a Software Development Manager to lead the ELB control plane team (NLB/GWLB) at massive scale. You will guide a group of engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure operations excellence across high‑availability networking services.

You will own technical strategy, set roadmaps, hire and mentor top talent, and partner with product management and partner teams to deliver customer‑facing solutions. This role offers scope to impact AWS at scale.