Software Engineering Manager, AWS CloudFormation

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead our Infrastructure as Code team.

You will guide engineers through architecture, alignment with product managers, and the delivery of scalable cloud services including CloudFormation-related tooling. The role emphasizes hiring, mentoring, and building a high-performing team as AWS expands at scale, with opportunities to influence design patterns, reliability, and livesite operations

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

• Join the team and lead software development initiatives for infrastructure-focused products.
• Refine architecture and product requirements with product managers and principal engineers.
• Define and drive implementation and launch of scalable software systems.

Skills

Team management

Engineering leadership

Job description

Description

AWS Infrastructure as Code helps customers to easily and efficiently adopt AWS services while ensuring that their applications run safely in the cloud. We develop services, including CloudFormation and Cloud Control API, that empower customers to spin up infrastructure across AWS at unprecedented scale.

The Provider Experience team provides the building blocks for customers to scale and grow their use of AWS services and third-party solutions. With the CloudFormation CLI and Resource Provider Development Kit (RPDK), we enable AWS service teams and third-party developers to build a standardized resource-based interface to their services and provide access to customers via the CloudFormation Registry. From there, we make it easy for developers to discover each resource's capabilities and build solutions to manage infrastructure at AWS scale.

We are looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate is excited about the incredible opportunity that cloud computing represents, thrives when presented with complex new challenges, and can serve as a strong leader for hiring and developing engineers as the team grows. As a member of our team, you'll work alongside principal engineers, refine product requirements with product managers, define architecture, and be a leader in the implementation and launch of software.

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, NY, New York - 203,400.00 - 275,200.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Job ID: A10373517