Software Development Manager — Lake Formation & Data Access

Amazon Web Services (AWS); East Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks an experienced Software Development Manager to lead a two-pizza team building the next generation of access control for AWS Glue Data Catalog. This role sits in the AWS Catalog organization in Palo Alto, CA, shaping design and enforcement of data access across Glue services.

You will own Lake Formation and drive a greenfield initiative to simplify access control, partnering with product, security, and adjacent teams to deliver scalable customer experiences.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 10+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 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

• Lead and grow a two-pizza team of engineers, owning their hiring, development, and performance.
• Own the Lake Formation service — ensure continued reliability, operational health, and feature evolution for one of AWS's core data governance services.
• Drive the Glue Grant surface — lead a major greenfield initiative to simplify how access control is expressed and enforced in Glue Data Catalog, from design through GA.
• Define and execute technical strategy for data access control and permissions in Glue Data Catalog, working closely with senior leadership and principal engineers.
• Partner cross-functionally with product, security, and adjacent service teams to deliver cohesive, scalable customer experiences.
• Drive delivery of multi-quarter programs with well-defined milestones, managing dependencies, risks, and trade-offs in a fast-paced environment.
• Raise the technical bar — set standards for design, operational excellence, and code quality; actively participate in design reviews and architectural decisions.
• Manage operational health of production services including on-call rotations, incident response, and continuous improvement of reliability and performance.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System design/architecture

SDLC knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Hiring/people management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks an experienced Software Development Manager to lead a two-pizza team building the next generation of access control for AWS Glue Data Catalog. This role sits in the AWS Catalog organization in Palo Alto, CA, shaping design and enforcement of data access across Glue services.

You will own Lake Formation and drive a greenfield initiative to simplify access control, partnering with product, security, and adjacent teams to deliver scalable customer experiences.