Lead Software Manager, Cloud Credential Distribution

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Software Development Manager for the Credentials Distribution Systems (CreDS) team in Seattle, WA. You will lead a high-impact team protecting tier-0 infrastructure powering IAM Roles across EC2, EKS, ECS, and more, delivering secure, ephemeral credentials at scale.

This deeply technical team values ownership, reliability, and operational excellence. You will align with product management, define priorities, and own end-to-end outcomes while growing a diverse

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 experience.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience.
• 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

• Define and deliver on the long-term product and architecture strategy for temporary security credential management and distribution.
• Drive customer-facing impact by working backwards from customer needs to simplify credential management.
• Proactively identify risks, mitigate them before they become roadblocks, and exercise sound judgment on when and how to escape to senior leadership.
• Set team strategy and be accountable for team plans, execution, and deliverables - ensuring consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Own and continuously improve all operational metrics and automation tools, ensuring your team's software is reliable, efficient, and scalable.
• Build strong partnerships with Product Management to align on priorities and drive cross-functional execution.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with AWS service teams to define and deliver on security and adoption goals.
• Make / facilitate prioritization decisions and manage trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term architectural health.
• Leverage AI tooling to improve engineering productivity, automate workflows, and raise the bar on operational efficiency.
• Grow and develop a strong, healthy, and diverse team through strategic hiring, mentoring, and coaching

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Distributed systems

Cloud security

Security credentials

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Web services

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Software Development Manager for the Credentials Distribution Systems (CreDS) team in Seattle, WA. You will lead a high-impact team protecting tier-0 infrastructure powering IAM Roles across EC2, EKS, ECS, and more, delivering secure, ephemeral credentials at scale.

This deeply technical team values ownership, reliability, and operational excellence. You will align with product management, define priorities, and own end-to-end outcomes while growing a diverse