Software Development Manager, EC2 Gateway Networking (Flexible Hours)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Software Development Manager for the EC2 Gateway Networking Organization in Seattle to build next-generation SDN infrastructure at scale. You will own the Internet Gateway and lead a team delivering high-availability control plane software across AWS services, mentoring engineers and driving architecture decisions.

You will partner with VPC, S3, Direct Connect, and Outposts to improve availability, cost, and scale while hiring top talent and fostering a culture of innovation and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years designing or architecting scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers building next-generation software-defined networking infrastructure for AWS at scale
• Drive technical strategy and architecture decisions for control plane software supporting EC2 Gateway Networking services
• Partner with VPC, S3, Direct Connect, DDB, Outposts, and other AWS services to deliver features that improve availability, cost, and scale
• Make strategic trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term architectural goals while maintaining operational excellence
• Own the full software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, deployment, and operations of high-availability distributed systems
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team through hiring top talent, mentoring engineers, and developing future leaders
• Establish and drive engineering best practices for DevOps, continuous integration, and infrastructure automation
• Influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership to align on priorities and deliver customer-focused solutions
• Monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for networking services operating at AWS scale
• Foster a culture of innovation, customer obsession, and continuous improvement within the team

Skills

Engineering team management

Software engineering leadership

System architecture design

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication with leadership

Job description

Amazon seeks a Software Development Manager for the EC2 Gateway Networking Organization in Seattle to build next-generation SDN infrastructure at scale. You will own the Internet Gateway and lead a team delivering high-availability control plane software across AWS services, mentoring engineers and driving architecture decisions.

You will partner with VPC, S3, Direct Connect, and Outposts to improve availability, cost, and scale while hiring top talent and fostering a culture of innovation and