Software Development Manager, AWS Insights and Optimizations

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's AWS Insights and Optimizations (AIO) team seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Optimization Control Plane, owning vision, architecture, and delivery of a scalable API platform that serves globally distributed customers.

You will grow and develop a high‑performing team of engineers, drive the 2026 roadmap including generative AI enhancements, and collaborate with partner teams to align on business objectives and reliable delivery.

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

• Obsess about customer needs and deliver the exceptional recommendation product experience
• Lead the development and implementation of a highly efficient and reliable API platform
• Own the end to end software development lifecycle from requirements gathering to implementations
• Build an AI-native development team that uses generative AI to raise the bar on engineering velocity and quality
• Collaborate and influence partner teams to align on business objectives
• Operate a public AWS service with Globally distributed customers and services
• Use data to make decisions and validate assumptions

Skills

Engineering management

Engineering teamwork

System design

Web services leadership

SDLC ownership

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

The AWS Insights and Optimizations (AIO) team owns cloud insight and optimization products, where customers can understand, control and optimize usage of the AWS cloud. Optimizations is an AIO pillar with the mission of giving customers peace of mind that they are using AWS as efficiently as they can. This means surfacing, organizing, and helping customers implement all manner of optimization opportunities that drive them to efficient resource configurations; help them take advantage of our elasticity, tiering, and purchase options; and shut down or hibernate unused resources (among other opportunities). Over time, we will enable and deliver an intelligent and automated resources orchestration and management experience across AWS.

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Optimization Control Plane team. This team owns the API platform that powers our Optimization products and partners closely with service teams across AWS. As the leader, you will own the vision, architecture, and delivery of a scalable, reliable API platform; grow and develop a team of engineers; and drive the 2026 roadmap, including 1) designing the next generation of the control plane to meet evolving optimization product needs; 2) expanding recommendations to cover fast-growing areas of the business; and 3) enhancing our recommendation products with generative AI. If you love building high-performance software, stay current with the latest advances in the industry, and are eager to deliver exceptional optimization products to customers, this role is for you.

Key job responsibilities

• Obsess about customer needs and deliver the exceptional recommendation product experience
• Lead the development and implementation of a highly efficient and reliable API platform
• Own the end to end software development lifecycle from requirements gathering to implementations
• Build an AI-native development team that uses generative AI to raise the bar on engineering velocity and quality
• Collaborate and influence partner teams to align on business objectives
• Operate a public AWS service with Globally distributed customers and services
• Use data to make decisions and validate assumptions

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
• 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

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

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

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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