Security Platform Engineering Manager

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security's Helianthus needs a Manager of Software Development to guide platform primitives into production-scale services. You will shape architecture, enable seamless composition of discovery, arbiter, and actions, and mentor managers across teams.

This role blends large-scale distributed systems with security expertise and emerging AI capabilities, driving long-term platform sustainability and cross-organizational collaboration within AWS Security.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management
• 7+ years working directly within engineering teams
• 3+ years designing or architecting scalable systems
• 8+ years leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services
• Knowledge of the full software/hardware/networks SDLC and deployment practices
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Responsibilities

• Establish and drive a unified multi-year technical roadmap across the Helianthus primitives.
• Lead the transition from prototyping to production with engineering excellence standards and reliability mechanisms.
• Develop and coach managers, providing strategic project assignments and growth opportunities.
• Own cross-organizational stakeholder engagement across AWS Security and partner teams.
• Establish scalable mechanisms to audit customer experience and operational performance.

Skills

Engineering management

Cross-functional leadership

Distributed systems

Security platform experience

Architecting scalable services

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Amazon Security's Helianthus needs a Manager of Software Development to guide platform primitives into production-scale services. You will shape architecture, enable seamless composition of discovery, arbiter, and actions, and mentor managers across teams.

This role blends large-scale distributed systems with security expertise and emerging AI capabilities, driving long-term platform sustainability and cross-organizational collaboration within AWS Security.