Manager, Software Development (Hands-On Technical), ML Network Stack - Annapurna Labs

Amazon • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

We are hiring a hands-on Software Development Manager for the team that owns the
network stack for EC2 distributed AI/ML systems. The team develops support for a
variety of frameworks and communication libraries including NCCL, NVSHMEM, NIXL,
NCCL GIN, Perplexity kernels and others.

We are seeking an experienced engineering manager for a mid-sized team, with
multiple years of hands-on experience in systems programming, HW/SW co-design,
and familiarity with networking (HPC networking preferred).

Experience with the NVIDIA stack, ML applications, and frameworks will be highly
regarded. You'll be leading senior, mid-level, and junior SDEs and directing
work to ensure the team delivers functions and features required for the latest
and largest ML workloads.

About the team
The organization you would be joining is Annapurna Labs, an integral part of AWS
that develops hardware and software components that are critical building blocks
for EC2 infrastructure. Every instance in EC2 is running some type of hardware
designed by Annapurna Labs. We specialize in designing software, systems, and
chips that optimize the AWS customer experience.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the
expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of
our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s
Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and
other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded
professional.

Requirements

• 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
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• 3+ years of C or C++ or Rust development experience
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience, maintaining active programming proficiency

Nice To Haves

• 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
• Experience with the NVIDIA stack, ML applications, and frameworks

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed