Software Development Manager, Leo GRC Tooling, Amazon Leo Security Assurance

Amazon • Redmond, WA

22h

About The Position

Project Kuiper is an Amazon initiative to increase global broadband access
through a constellation of over 3,000 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Its
mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved
communities worldwide. At Project Kuiper, we are obsessed with customer trust
and are seeking an SDM who is creative, and passionate about delivering
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions to meet Kuiper's regulatory and
external assurance needs.

In this role you will be responsible for building and supporting GRC tooling for
the Amazon Leo Security Assurance team. You will work closely with other
compliance engineering teams across Amazon, including the AWS Security Assurance
Engineering team and Amazon Privacy, Regulation Tech, and Assurance, to
collaborate and develop software to ensure the right tools and automations are
available for understanding, assessing, and externalizing our alignment against
security expectations. You'll also help build automations for, including

You will work with senior management and technical leaders to define product
directions and deliver them to customers. Your day begins with a stand-up
meeting where your team provides updates on current GRC tool development and
automation projects. You'll spend time reviewing architecture proposals for new
features, then meet with team members to understand their specific workflows and
needs. In the afternoon, you might analyze usage metrics of tools to identify
improvement opportunities, collaborate with partner teams on integration points,
and provide coaching to team members on complex security challenges.

Amazon Security 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.

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering
delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating
and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and
services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate
their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas
including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and
physical stores

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI
events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace
our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we
seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

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, training, and
other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded
professional.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the
expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements
are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
• 7+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

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

Responsibilities

• Translate functional and technical compliance requirements into detailed architecture, design and extensible code
• Use AI/ML tools to build automations for cataloging and responding to requests for information
• Drive technical strategy and architecture decisions for security tooling at scale
• Technically lead a team of smart engineers on complex projects
• Be an advocate of industry best-practices to produce reliable, fault-tolerant, and single tenant programs
• Own system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Mentor other engineers, defining our challenging technical culture, and helping to build a fast-growing team

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager