Engineering Lead: EC2 Placement & Data Streaming

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited seeks a Software Development Manager to lead a team responsible for the EC2 instance placement control plane and data streaming systems. You will define the product roadmap and drive execution across stakeholders, ensuring robust, scalable software delivery.

You will mentor engineers, foster inclusive culture, and maintain high operational excellence while advancing machine learning and data-driven optimization initiatives within a

Qualifications

• Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services.
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams.
• 3+ years of engineering team management 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

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Software Development Engineers to build and run the control plane and data streaming systems that drive EC2 instance placement decisions.
• Create the vision and drive the roadmap for your team, thinking big about how data can be leveraged to improve EC2 compute power delivery.
• Attract and grow hire-performing engineers for your team.
• Mentor and coach your team members and foster an inclusive engineering culture.
• Maintain a high-level of operational excellence and lead agile software development processes.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to understand needs and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited seeks a Software Development Manager to lead a team responsible for the EC2 instance placement control plane and data streaming systems. You will define the product roadmap and drive execution across stakeholders, ensuring robust, scalable software delivery.

You will mentor engineers, foster inclusive culture, and maintain high operational excellence while advancing machine learning and data-driven optimization initiatives within a