Software Development Manager - Developer Platform & AI

Amazon Inc.; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team of engineers and define the product vision for the EC2 Paperwork Platform, guiding the roadmap to accelerate customer value and cloud-scale innovation.

You will mentor and grow engineers, hire top talent, and foster an inclusive engineering culture while maintaining high operational excellence in a fast-paced AWS environment.

Qualifications

• Solid technical leadership experience and a proven track-record in managing teams to deliver results.
• Strong software engineering background and bias for action to get the right things done.
• Experience engaging with customers and stakeholders to understand their needs.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business and customer requirements into detailed project plans and schedules; manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team by defining, implementing and maintaining a coherent, progressive strategy for our product line.
• Responsible for the over-all systems development life cycle.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
• Management of departmental resources, staffing, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team.
• Evolution of the software engineering practice within the team, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology.
• Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology.
• Continue to build an effective development organization by driving the recruiting and hiring of senior level engineers, developing and managing the group, and conducting performance reviews of team members.
• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team of engineers and define the product vision for the EC2 Paperwork Platform, guiding the roadmap to accelerate customer value and cloud-scale innovation.

You will mentor and grow engineers, hire top talent, and foster an inclusive engineering culture while maintaining high operational excellence in a fast-paced AWS environment.