Lead ECS Software Delivery Manager

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on payments

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Manager III, Software Development to lead an engineering team within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Seattle, WA. You will own the day-to-day technical execution of a team of software development engineers, drive high-quality software delivery, and develop your team members' skills and careers.

You will lead a team of 6-10 software development engineers responsible for designing, building, and operating ECS features and services.

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, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations.
• 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

Hiring/recruiting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Manager III, Software Development to lead an engineering team within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Seattle, WA. You will own the day-to-day technical execution of a team of software development engineers, drive high-quality software delivery, and develop your team members' skills and careers.

You will lead a team of 6-10 software development engineers responsible for designing, building, and operating ECS features and services.