Manager III, Software Development, EC2 Capacity Blocks, EC2 Capacity Blocks

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the EC2 Capacity Blocks team, responsible for reserving GPU and HPC capacity for ML workloads. You will own the service roadmap, guide technical direction, and lead an engineering team of 8–10.

The role blends people leadership with hands-on architectural work in a rapidly growing area. You will collaborate with EC2 capacity planning and product managers to balance customer needs, define metrics, and drive delivery of scalable, reliable

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on engineering team experience.
• 3+ years designing or architecting scalable systems.
• Experience with full software development lifecycle and live-site operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management.

Responsibilities

• Own the EC2 Capacity Blocks service and its roadmap, making architectural and prioritization decisions.
• Lead and grow an inclusive team of 8–10 engineers, mentoring them through design reviews and planning.
• Partner with EC2 capacity planning teams and product managers to align on priorities and deliver solutions.
• Define and maintain operational metrics and audit mechanisms to measure system health and customer experience.
• Drive the technical roadmap, evaluating Rust and Java services for reliability and performance.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Architectural design

Tools

Rust

Java

Job description

Demand for GPU and high-performance computing (HPC) capacity on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is accelerating as customers scale machine learning training and inference workloads. We are looking for a Software Development Manager to lead the team that builds the systems behind EC2 Capacity Blocks — the service that lets customers reserve co-located GPU and accelerated compute instances for their ML workloads. You will own the service roadmap, guide technical direction, and lead an engineering team of 8–10 as we invest in new features that simplify capacity discovery and solve complex demand-and-supply problems. If you want to combine people leadership with deep technical work in an area that is growing fast, we would like to talk to you.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the EC2 Capacity Blocks service and its roadmap, making architectural and prioritization decisions that directly improve how customers discover, reserve, and consume GPU and HPC capacity.
• Lead and grow an inclusive team of 8–10 engineers, mentoring them through design reviews, collaborative development planning, and strategic project assignments.
• Partner with EC2 capacity planning teams and product managers to align on priorities, resolve ambiguity, and deliver solutions that balance customer needs.
• Define and maintain operational metrics and audit mechanisms to measure system health, and customer experience, taking action to close gaps.
• Drive the technical roadmap, evaluating tradeoffs across Rust and Java services to ensure reliable, performant systems.

A day in the life

Your time splits between people leadership and technical guidance. Mornings often start with checking operational health and connecting with your team, while the rest of the day moves between technical discussions, one‑on‑ones with engineers, planning sessions with product managers, and cross‑team alignment meetings. You will balance hands‑on involvement in architecture and roadmap decisions with coaching your team and removing blockers so they can deliver effectively.

About the team

Our team sits within Amazon EC2 and owns EC2 Capacity Blocks — the service that enables customers to reserve co‑located GPU and accelerated compute instances for machine learning training and inference. We work closely with EC2 capacity planning and product management to make sure the right capacity reaches the right customers at the right time. We are investing in new features that make capacity discovery simpler and smarter, and we are looking for a leader who is excited to shape that direction with us.

Basic 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
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually