Software Development Manager, Amazon Security

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 184,900 - 250,200; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security in San Diego seeks an experienced Software Development Manager to lead a security-focused software team. You will drive secure software delivery, mentor engineers, and coordinate with AWS teams to raise security standards and enhance customer experience.

The role emphasizes inventing around complex security challenges, focusing on outcomes, and delivering industry-leading security services. On-site in San Diego, with a culture of balance and growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of engineering experience.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services.
• Knowledge of SDLC practices including coding standards, reviews, source control, builds, testing and live-site operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience recruiting, mentoring and managing software engineers.
• Experience designing or architecting systems for reliability and scalability.
• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead a software development team in Amazon Security to raise the security bar.
• Collaborate across AWS to solve security challenges at scale and improve user experience.
• Design new security features, prototype, deploy software using automated systems and support outages.

Skills

Engineering team management

Engineering experience

Web services leadership

SDLC practices

Product/PM collaboration

Education

Master's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

San Diego, CA USA

Our team is looking for an experienced Software Development Manager (SDM) tolead a software development team in Amazon Security who will raise the securitybar by delivering industry-best security services. You should be somebody whoenjoys inventing and simplifying around complex security challenges, obsessesover the customer experience, and feels strongly about delivering results. Youshould be passionate about solving security hurdles in innovative ways. We donot desire to simply produce good software here at Amazon Security... we want toproduce disruptive, industry-leading innovations.

Key job responsibilities

• Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers and customers make billions oftransactions worldwide on our cloud and the Amazon retail site. The AmazonSecurity team owns security for all of these services offered by AWS, includingEC2, S3, and many others, as well as the security of our global retail sites.
• We are the Permissions and Resource Management (PARM) aka IronHorseorganization, part of Amazon Foundational Security Services, and we strive toprovide our customers with secure by default security services which help themdiscover, organize, and manage resources while achieving least privilege accesscontrol with the least amount of human intervention possible. Our team worksacross all of Amazon and AWS to solve security challenges at massive scalerelating to authorization and access control. We dive deep into securitytechnologies such as new access control design patterns, automated workflows,and life cycle management to support our customers as Amazon continues to scaleand grow.

A day in the life

• Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” A typical day on our team involves working with users to design newsecurity features, prototyping and demonstrating features to your users,deploying software through our large automated systems, and operationallysupporting your newly deployed software. You will look for new approaches toautomate fixes for operational issues. You will also get use AWS services tosolve design problems while you interact with Amazon and AWS teams to integrateyour application with theirs.
• Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balancebetween your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness andsuccess here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at workor online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have amore productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of thequalifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidatesto apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creatingand maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products andservices. We offer talented security professionals the chance to acceleratetheir careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areasincluding cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, andphysical stores

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEIevents and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embraceour uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that weseek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’sBest Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, andother career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-roundedprofessional.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the fullsoftware/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 ofSoftware Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective,product software engineers
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability andscaling) of new and existing systems
• Master\'s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basisof protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safelyand cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere tostandards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectivelyand respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptionalcustomer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Companypolicies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationshipwith some of the material job duties of this position. These include the dutiesand responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to companypolicies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely andrespectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, andsafeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the LosAngeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualifiedapplicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for ourcustomers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation oradjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for theinterview or onboarding process, please visithttps://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations[https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations] for moreinformation. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, pleasecontact your Recruiting Partner.

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

USA, CA, San Diego - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually