Software Development Manager - EC2 Placement & Optimization

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,600,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited in Cape Town is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the team delivering EC2 placement control plane and data streaming systems. You will set the vision and roadmap, grow high‑performing engineers, and drive an inclusive engineering culture.

The role emphasizes operational excellence, agile leadership, and close collaboration with customers and stakeholders to define priorities and deliver impactful results across AWS UC.

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 how EC2 offers compute power to customers
• 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
• Lead and refine the team's agile software development process

Skills

Leadership

Web services

Team management

Software lifecycle

Job description

Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited in Cape Town is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the team delivering EC2 placement control plane and data streaming systems. You will set the vision and roadmap, grow high‑performing engineers, and drive an inclusive engineering culture.

The role emphasizes operational excellence, agile leadership, and close collaboration with customers and stakeholders to define priorities and deliver impactful results across AWS UC.