Amazon · 21 hours ago
Software Development Manager, AWS Throttling/Service Protection
Seattle, Washington, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expAmazon is a leading company in cloud computing and infrastructure services. They are seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team that develops critical service protection systems for AWS, ensuring high availability and operational excellence while mentoring junior engineers.
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Responsibilities
Lead a team of deeply technical engineers developing critical service protection systems that operate at global scale
Establish clear team goals and prioritize work that delivers measurable business outcomes
Drive operational excellence through metrics, monitoring, and continuous improvement processes
Build and execute hiring strategies to grow team capabilities while developing existing talent
Partner with engineering teams across AWS to integrate throttling and service protection mechanisms
Make data-driven decisions to balance system reliability, performance, and customer experience
Implement and refine processes that ensure high availability for AWS customers worldwide
Advocate for and implement security best practices in all aspects of service protection
Manage technical debt while delivering on business commitments
Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and technical excellence within your team
Represent the team in cross-organizational planning and strategy discussions
Ensure operational readiness through rigorous testing, documentation, and on-call procedures
Qualification
Required
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
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
Experience with mission-critical, 24x7 operations
Experience with architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability
Preferred
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
5+ years of managing an engineering team operating at scale experience
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Master's degree in engineering or equivalent, or 3+ years of professional software development experience
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
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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