Engineering Manager, Infrastructure Management APIs

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,900 - 250,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the Management Plane within AWS Networking Services. You will guide a group of software engineers building next‑generation infrastructure management systems, APIs, and SDKs across multiple languages, while scaling teams to support millions of customers.

You will partner with leaders across engineering and product, own technical strategy, enforce design standards, and deliver secure, observable, and highly available services for AWS's

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services
• 3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle
• 1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++
• 1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using service‑oriented architecture
• 1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming
• 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, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a group of software development engineers, including hiring, promotion, performance assessments, career development, and technical mentorship
• Work closely with engineers to build large‑scale, highly distributed systems solving complex problems. Review design specs and code and provide feedback to insist on the highest standards in system design and code quality
• Drive technical strategy and architectural decisions for management API infrastructure, on‑device gateways, SDK development across multiple languages (Rust, Python, Java, C/C++), and observability platforms
• Partner with leadership and customers across engineering teams, infrastructure engineers, and network operators to identify new features that can bring substantial benefits. Prioritize feature requests to maximize contributions to our goals while maintaining the right trade‑off between addressing tactical needs versus investing in strategic solutions
• Translate business requirements into engineering requirements to scope resource needs and manage multiple projects and dependencies effectively to deliver projects on schedule. Lead sprint planning, stand‑ups, and retrospectives to assign work, monitor progress, and collect feedback
• Lead the transition from reactive operational mode to proactive design leadership, establishing comprehensive design review processes and technical standards
• Drive operations excellence by analyzing ticket root causes, system performance bottlenecks, defects, and technical debt, creating projects to reduce both short‑term and long‑term operational load
• Manage complex dependencies across multiple teams including component teams, infrastructure teams, and network operations while maintaining delivery commitments and quality standards
• Establish team processes that enable rapid innovation while maintaining the highest standards of code quality, system reliability, security, and operational excellence
• Communicate technical vision and progress to senior leadership, translating complex technical concepts into business value and customer impact

Skills

Team leadership

Distributed systems

Java

C++

C#

Python

Software architecture

SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Go

Python

Rust

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the Management Plane within AWS Networking Services. You will guide a group of software engineers building next‑generation infrastructure management systems, APIs, and SDKs across multiple languages, while scaling teams to support millions of customers.

You will partner with leaders across engineering and product, own technical strategy, enforce design standards, and deliver secure, observable, and highly available services for AWS's