Software Development Manager, AWS Transform

Are you passionate about building software that makes a meaningful difference for millions of customers We are looking for a Software Development Manager to lead a team of talented engineers in designing building and operating software systems at Amazon this role you will own the technical vision and roadmap for your teams products guiding your engineers through the full software lifecyclefrom design and implementation to deployment and long-term maintenance. You will tackle ambiguous problems define solutions that balance immediate needs with strategic goals and create an environment where your team delivers high-quality maintainable software. If you thrive on coaching engineers shaping technical direction and collaborating across teams to solve real customer problems we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing software development team providing coaching mentorship and career development guidance to engineers across multiple levels while building a strong talent pipeline through effective hiring practices.
- Own the technical strategy and 12 year product roadmap for your teams software systems defining priorities that align with organizational goals and customer needs while making transparent tradeoffs on scope resources and timelines.
- Drive system design decisions across your teams architecture ensuring solutions meet scalability performance security and maintainability requirements while reducing complexity and technical debt over time.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partnersincluding product program management and peer engineering teamsto align on priorities resolve dependencies and deliver cohesive solutions that improve the customer experience.
- Establish operational excellence practices including metrics audit mechanisms and quality standards that enable your team to maintain healthy systems respond effectively to issues and continuously improve delivery processes.

A day in the life
You start your morning reviewing operational metrics and system health dashboards for the services your team owns. Mid-morning you join a design review where your engineers walk through a proposed architecture and you ask questions that sharpen the approach. After lunch you have a one-on-one with a direct report to discuss their career goals and map out a development plan. Later you partner with a product manager to refine upcoming priorities and evaluate tradeoffs. You close the day by reviewing a narrative document a team member drafted providing written feedback to strengthen the proposal before a broader leadership review.

About the team
Our team is focused on building software systems that directly impact Amazons customers at scale. We value collaboration technical rigor and a commitment to getting the details right. Engineers here have the opportunity to work on challenging problems grow their skills and contribute to products that serve a global customer base. We are building an inclusive team culture where every voice is heard new ideas are encouraged and we support each other in delivering meaningful results. If you are excited about leading engineers shaping technical strategy and making a lasting impact this is the place for you.

- 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
- 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

- 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.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at MA Boston - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually