Senior Software Development Manager
Amazon
Senior Software Development Manager
Amazon
Sells products online and rents cloud computing
Are you ready to shape the future of global cloud infrastructure? Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure Supply Chain Automation team is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead multiple engineering teams building mission-critical systems that power AWS's global infrastructure supply chain. Your engineering decisions will directly impact how AWS delivers and operates data centers worldwide, ensuring hundreds of thousands of customers have seamless access to cloud services.
In this role, you'll define the technical vision and engineering culture for teams responsible for core SCos subsystems. You'll balance immediate delivery needs with long-term strategic investments, setting standards for operational excellence while developing the next generation of engineering leaders. If you're passionate about solving complex problems at unprecedented scale, building high-performing teams, and driving innovation that keeps the cloud running, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead and develop multiple software development teams, including managing other engineering managers, to deliver scalable infrastructure solutions that support AWS global data center operations
- Define and execute the long-term technical strategy, resource planning, and organizational structure for your teams, making critical decisions on hiring, team composition, and succession planning that enable sustainable growth
- Establish and drive operational excellence across your organization by implementing mechanisms for monitoring, alarming, incident response, and continuous improvement that ensure high availability and performance
- Partner with Principal Engineers, Applied Scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders to align architectural decisions with business objectives and product roadmaps, ensuring solutions meet both current and future needs
- Set and balance organizational goals that optimize for customer outcomes, engineering quality, and employee development while fostering an inclusive environment where team members grow their technical and leadership capabilities
A day in the life
You'll start your day reviewing operational metrics across your teams, identifying opportunities to improve system performance and reliability. You'll spend time in technical design reviews, partnering with Principal Engineers to evaluate architectural tradeoffs for new features. Throughout the day, you'll coach your engineering managers on handling team challenges, conduct one-on-ones with senior engineers to support their growth, and facilitate cross-team collaboration sessions. You'll also work on strategic planning documents that shape the multi-year roadmap for SCos, balancing technical innovation with business priorities.
About the team
The AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain Automation team builds the software systems that orchestrate AWS's physical infrastructure supply chain at global scale. Our mission is to ensure AWS data centers have the right equipment, in the right place, at the right time to support customer demand. We work on complex challenges involving inventory management, capacity planning, and deployment automation that directly impact AWS's ability to scale.
Our team values innovation, operational excellence, and continuous learning. We foster an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive better solutions, and we invest heavily in developing our engineers and leaders. As AWS continues its rapid growth, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of cloud infrastructure while building and leading world-class engineering teams.
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience
- 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
- Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications
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Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.
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