• Manager, Software Development, EC2 Pool Protection…

    Amazon (Seattle, WA)


    Description

    Come help us optimize the efficiency of the world’s largest fleet of compute resources!

     

    As a software development manager (SDM) on the EC2 Capacity Optimization team, you will lead an exciting, diverse team that is obsessed over its customers at its core and its solutions directly improve the experience for millions of AWS customers. You will work closely with a team of research scientists to build and improve the prediction models and interact with various AWS teams to increase the adoption of our system.

    Key job responsibilities

    - You will manage a team of software development engineers. Being able to tackle hard problems starts with our people. You will be accustomed to leading and motivating high-performance engineering teams.

     

    - You will own your roadmap and be fully accountable for its delivery. You’ll take on goals with $MM impact.

     

    - You will effectively communicate within your team, with your peers, with senior leaders and with stakeholders. Through writing, you’ll distill and communicate technical concepts and challenges and be willing to argue for the right outcomes using data, conviction and diplomacy.

     

    - You will work with other teams and team members to break down complex challenges, iterate on designs, estimate engineering efforts, and create work-back schedules. You’ll be deeply in the details of any trade-offs between approaches. You’ll be an enabler and a force-multiplier for your team.

     

    About the team

    Tech stack:

    - We use Scala as our main back-end language and use CDK with Typescript. They are both easy to learn and use!

     

    - We use Big Data technologies like Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) to build a platform capable of scaling with the ever-increasing volume of AWS customers’ usage data.

     

    - We try to build everything in Native AWS, such as Lambda, EC2, Fargate, S3, Athena, and Step Functions.

    Basic Qualifications

    - 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience

     

    - 3+ years of engineering team management 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

    Preferred Qualifications

    - 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

     

    Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

     

    Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

     

    Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.