Engineering Manager, ECS Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, WA is seeking a Manager III, Software Development to lead an engineering team owning ECS features and services. You will drive end-to-end delivery, team growth, and cross-site initiatives in a fast-paced, scale-focused environment.

You will partner with Principal Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Managers to translate customer requirements into engineering deliverables with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 5+ years of engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle.
• Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant software solutions in production.
• Experience recruiting for technical or Software Development Engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of ECS features and service improvements that serve customers running production workloads on AWS.
• Define quarterly and annual team-level goals aligned to the ECS roadmap and broader AWS priorities.
• Hire, develop, and retain software development engineers across multiple levels in Seattle, building a high-performing, inclusive team.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide direct and actionable feedback, and own the career growth and performance management of direct reports.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers and architects to ensure your team's solutions meet AWS standards for scalability, availability, security, and operational excellence.
• Drive engineering rigor through design reviews, code reviews, and post-incident analysis (PIR) participation.
• Maintain operational health of team-owned services, including on-call rotations, incident response, and proactive reliability improvements.
• Represent your team in sprint planning, roadmap discussions, and OP1/OP2 planning cycles.
• Partner closely with the Vancouver, BC and East Coast ECS engineering teams to deliver cross-site initiatives with consistent quality and pace.
• Identify and remove blockers that reduce team velocity and delivery quality.

Skills

Engineering team management

Software development

Technical recruiting

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, WA is seeking a Manager III, Software Development to lead an engineering team owning ECS features and services. You will drive end-to-end delivery, team growth, and cross-site initiatives in a fast-paced, scale-focused environment.

You will partner with Principal Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Managers to translate customer requirements into engineering deliverables with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.