Software Development Manager, AWS Marketing Demand Services

Amazon • Seattle, WA

12d

About The Position

Join AWS as a Software Engineering Manager leading a high-performing team
responsible for our design system, telemetry, marketer tooling, content
generation experiences, and Generative AI capabilities. You'll manage a team of
front-end engineers, quality assurance engineers, and design technologists who
build and maintain the platforms that power AWS Marketing's digital presence for
millions of customers worldwide.

This team consistently delivers. We ship fast, maintain high quality, and take
ownership of systems end-to-end. You'll inherit a group of motivated engineers
who hold themselves to high standards and push each other to improve. Your job
is to keep that momentum, remove obstacles, and create the conditions for
continued excellence.

You'll own the technical direction and delivery of systems that directly impact
how customers experience AWS. Your team builds the component libraries,
telemetry infrastructure, marketer tooling, content generation experiences, and
Generative AI capabilities that enable AWS Marketing to move fast while
maintaining quality and consistency. You'll partner with product, design, and
engineering teams across the organization to deliver cohesive customer
experiences.

We're seeking a leader who elevates high-performing teams. You'll hire and
develop engineers, set technical standards, and protect the team culture that
drives results. You'll balance operational excellence with innovation, ensuring
reliability while shipping new capabilities.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ 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
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

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
• 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
• Experience with front-end software development
• Experience developing, deploying and managing AI products at scale

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of front-end engineers, QA engineers, and design technologists
• Own technical strategy and delivery for design system, telemetry, marketer tooling, content generation experiences, and Generative AI capabilities
• Maintain team velocity and quality while scaling the organization
• Hire, develop, and retain engineering talent
• Set technical standards and drive engineering best practices across the team
• Partner with product and design to define roadmaps and prioritize work
• Coordinate with partner teams across AWS Marketing to align on shared goals
• Drive operational excellence including on-call, incident response, and reliability improvements
• Remove blockers and protect the team's ability to deliver
• Manage delivery across multiple workstreams with competing priorities
• Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs to leadership

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