Senior Engineering Leader, S3 Request Processing at Scale

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Sr. Manager, Software Development for S3 Request Processing.

You will lead a multi-team organization responsible for the software handling every S3 request at massive scale, owning the request processing platform, security controls, and the API surface. The role requires building relationships with senior AWS leaders and customers, driving technical roadmaps, improving security and performance, and mentoring engineers to grow the

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Experience with high-traffic, scalable services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a multi-team organization of senior engineers and engineering managers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, deep ownership, and customer obsession.
• Define and execute a 1 to 3 year technical roadmap, balancing near-term customer wins with long-horizon bets on security, resiliency, durability, cost & performance.
• Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems at exabyte scale, including byte and request processing, encryption, integrity, system protections and infrastructure management at scale.
• Partner with product, business and leadership to translate customer needs into engineering priorities that move adoption and trust.
• Establish operational excellence standards across availability, durability, latency, and throughput, and lead the org in exceeding them as the service scales.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent, building a diverse, high performing organization with a strong pipeline of future leaders.
• Represent S3 in senior leadership reviews, customer engagements, and external forums with clarity and conviction.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Engineering management

Large-scale systems

Cloud software

Agile

Product partnership

Security and reliability

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Sr. Manager, Software Development for S3 Request Processing.

You will lead a multi-team organization responsible for the software handling every S3 request at massive scale, owning the request processing platform, security controls, and the API surface. The role requires building relationships with senior AWS leaders and customers, driving technical roadmaps, improving security and performance, and mentoring engineers to grow the