Software Development Manager, AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

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.

AWS Supply Chain Management (SCM) Team is building next generation enterprise
supply chain products on native AWS from ground up. Come and be part of the team
that enables Amazon AWS to rapidly grow and continue to be the pioneer and
widely recognized leader in Cloud Computing, and have immediate impact on the
thousands of developers and businesses around the world.
Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems are at heart of ensuring that we can
provide our customers with the right computing services, in the right place, at
the right time. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We
build software driving the evolution of 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. We are looking
for a high caliber Software Development Manager to lead our Replenishment
Planning team.

Who would succeed in this role: Deeply technical leaders, who stay close to the
customer as well as the architecture and design. A leader who can coach their
team on developing systems at scale and for the right customer experience, and
who reaches out across the company to enlist input from key engineers, supply
chain specialists, and research scientists to leverage the experience of the
broader team. A person who dives deep in to a problem to deeply understand how
things work, when to make subtle change, and when to disrupt the status quo to
achieve the right results.
What’s the challenge: We are still in our early stages; the space is
fast-moving, and has a large number of ambiguous and difficult challenges. You
will manage a team of highly skilled software developers. You will propose,
influence, and lead high impact projects that span multiple organizations. You
will influence the vision for your team, and will lead them to deliver on our
multi-year roadmap.

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
• 8+ 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

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
• 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

• Effectively mentor and manage a team of Software Development Engineers.
• Drive operational excellence.
• Contribute to and lead design, architecture, process and development discussions.
• Argue for the right outcomes with data, conviction and diplomacy.
• Build scalable mechanisms to audit and inspect highly cross functional initiatives spanning operations, supply chain specialists, software engineers.
• Drive product strategy, roadmap, and stakeholder engagement.

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