Software Development Manager, EC2 Core Product Management

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

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Manager for EC2 Core Product Management.

You will lead and grow a high‑performing team responsible for capacity optimization and scalable services across AWS compute platforms. You will mentor engineers, drive design and prototyping, and collaborate with product and service teams to improve reliability, performance, and customer outcomes.

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

• Grow and coach a highly qualified software engineering team.
• Provide design and prototyping of technical solutions and hands-on coding.
• Collaborate with AWS service teams to improve scalability and performance.
• Mentor engineers and lead code reviews to ship reliable code.

Skills

Engineering management

Team leadership

System design

Web services

SDLC practices

PM collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring engineers

Job description

Software Development Manager, EC2 Core Product Management

Job ID: 10562823 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

EC2, a part of Amazon Web Services, is a fast-growing business within Amazon that provides cost-effective, simplified cloud computing resources to businesses of all sizes around the world. With AWS, you can requisition compute power, storage, databases, and many other services paying only for the necessary resources.

Are you interested in working on products, and solving world‑class problems that are disrupting the cloud‑computing industry and serves as a foundation for AWS? Does solving hard technical challenges at industry‑leading scale appeal to you? Do you like working on products that are providing real value to AWS customers? If so, please join us at EC2 as we are growing our product teams quite rapidly and looking for the best software developers in the industry!

This role is within the EC2 Capacity Optimization organization. We are responsible for writing software that perfects capacity elasticity, delivering the best possible instance lifecycle experience with optimum hardware and software configurations, managing our high growth multi‑billion‑dollar worldwide fleet hardware for optimal utilization, and expanding the AWS footprint in many new regions every quarter.

This team owns developing services that optimally packs client instances onto servers, tests these configurations and increases the utilization of hardware. The position requires close collaboration with subject matter experts launching enterprise wide EC2 instances, automating solutions that detect and predict capacity utilization, and optimizing capacity availability on behalf of our customers. The individual in this role will be looked upon for technical leadership, which includes working through technical ambiguity on problems that have not been solved elsewhere, providing design and prototyping of technical solutions, hands‑on coding and working with other senior engineers and AWS service teams to improve service scalability and performance. You will use statistical and analytic methods to systemize the identification of bottlenecks, root cause issues and orchestrate actions across our capacity management infrastructure for remediation of issues. You will have a major influence coaching others across the organization, collaborating with software development teams, and leading local development for improved operational excellence. You’ll mentor other engineers, participate in designing new software, perform code reviews, and most importantly, ship code!

Key job responsibilities

What we are looking for: Successful candidates for this position must have experience in growing and coaching a highly qualified team of software engineers. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self‑driven, and deliver high quality results in a fast‑paced environment. You will be able to Think Big to develop a plan and invent mechanisms that scale to meet the broad and diverse needs of teams across Amazon. You will have a strong customer obsession, working to deeply understand the needs of your customers and relentlessly looking to improve their experience and make them more productive

About the team

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one‑on‑one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to 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.

About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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