Software Development Manager, Amazon Security, Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS)
About The Position
We are seeking a Software Development Manager to join the Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS) team within Amazon Security. This role involves developing and operating large-scale internal security services that support various Amazon businesses, including AWS, Amazon.com, Twitch, and Whole Foods. The team focuses on identity management, permissions management, access control, authorization, and authentication, ensuring a strong security foundation for Amazon's critical services. We are looking for creative problem solvers passionate about cloud security and delivering solutions that improve user experience and security. The role operates within a DevOps model, encompassing the full software lifecycle, and emphasizes user experience as a key factor in security outcomes. This is an opportunity to work on massive scale systems in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a world-class team.
Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years of engineering experience.
- 8+ 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 lifecycle, 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
- Building and leading a high-performing software development team.
- Overseeing the software architecture, development, operations, and strategic direction of the team.
- Designing new security features in collaboration with users.
- Prototyping and demonstrating features to users.
- Deploying software through automated systems.
- Operationally supporting newly deployed software.
- Developing radical new approaches to automate fixes for operational issues.
- Collaborating with AWS services to solve design problems.
- Interacting with AWS teams to integrate applications.
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
