Software Development Manager, EC2 VPC Private Gateway Networking

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

As a Software Development Manager in the EC2 Gateway Networking Organization,
you will build next-generation software-defined networking infrastructure at
scale. Your team delivers best-in-class networking services using custom
hardware and EC2 native instances to connect customer VPCs globally.

You will partner with VPC, S3, Direct Connect, DDB, Outposts, and other services
to deliver features, improve availability and cost, and operate at extraordinary
scale. In this role, you'll provide technical leadership, solve complex software
problems, and make strategic trade-offs between short-term and long-term
results. You'll think in terms of architecture, not just code, while elevating
our ability to build and operate high-availability systems worldwide.

This hands-on position requires broad engineering competence and deep technical
knowledge of control plane development, DevOps, continuous integration,
infrastructure tools, and distributed systems. You'll lead a development team to
innovate and deliver core control plane software for EC2 Networking.

The ideal candidate is comfortable in leadership roles and passionate about
mentoring engineers. You understand customer obsession and operational
excellence. You know when to partner with and influence other teams to deliver
results, and you prioritize hiring and developing top talent.

We embrace diversity through ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40,000
employees across 190 chapters globally. Our culture of inclusion is reinforced
through our 16 Leadership Principles and learning experiences like Conversations
on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. We value work-life
balance and offer flexible working hours to help you establish flow that
energizes both your personal and professional life. Our team supports new
members through knowledge sharing, mentorship, one-on-one coaching, and thorough
code reviews. We assign projects that help you develop into a well-rounded
engineer ready for complex challenges.

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AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation
of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the
cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage,
networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have
continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging
problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re
looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply
chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at
the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive
culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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

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

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers building next-generation software-defined networking infrastructure for AWS at scale
• Drive technical strategy and architecture decisions for control plane software supporting EC2 Gateway Networking services
• Partner with VPC, S3, Direct Connect, DDB, Outposts, and other AWS services to deliver features that improve availability, cost, and scale
• Make strategic trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term architectural goals while maintaining operational excellence
• Own the full software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, deployment, and operations of high-availability distributed systems
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team through hiring top talent, mentoring engineers, and developing future leaders
• Establish and drive engineering best practices for DevOps, continuous integration, and infrastructure automation
• Influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership to align on priorities and deliver customer-focused solutions
• Monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for networking services operating at AWS scale
• Foster a culture of innovation, customer obsession, and continuous improvement within the 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed