Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 9 hours ago
Software Development Manager, AWS Throttling/Service Protection
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of global infrastructure. They are seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team of engineers in developing critical service protection systems that operate at a global scale, ensuring service availability and reliability for AWS customers.
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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
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Chief Executive Officer
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