The AWS Core Networking Organization is looking for a Software Development Manager to join our Backbone Enterprise, and Regional Engineering (BERE) team. In this role, you will lead a team of high skill Software, System, and Applied Scientist engineers to deliver a network modeling environment and business workflow. You will partner and lead working groups with teams from various disciplines (Networking, Software, Finance, Business development, etc). You will develop strong customer business knowledge to elaborate the long-term strategy for your team that addresses critical challenges for internal and external customers at large scale.
AWS Global Connectivity and Network Availability (GCNA) is the backbone that connects the global AWS network. Focused on controlling the internet traffic that allows users to access their information and applications regardless of where they are in the world. GCNA is responsible for building and designing a complex backbone network that allows internet traffic to flow efficiently between data centers and customers. Come join us and enjoy the satisfaction that comes from successfully building software to scale and provide insights about one of the world’s biggest networks.
Key Job Responsibilities
- You own developing the business and technical vision for your products working with your team, partners, and customers.
- You are able to translate the business needs from your customer into software functional requirements.
- You are proactive in identifying challenges and solutions for your customer.
- You are able to identify business priorities and make tradeoffs between tactical and strategic action.
- You ensure that your team uses the engineering best practices. You provide direction to your team through the entire SDLC.
- You are accountable for your product operational readiness.
- You identify career development opportunities for your team members and you are able to provide actionable feedback to manage performance expectations.
A Day in the Life
Engineers in the Backbone Enterprise and Regional Engineering (BERE) organization have a wide range of responsibilities: we work with internal partners to develop and implement the next-gen platforms along with the tooling ecosystems to support these platforms driving efficiency and scalability through the automation of builds, configuration deployment, and the scaling of capacity. As our network is one of the largest in the world, there is no blueprint at our scale allowing our engineers to develop solutions to the complex challenges that we face daily. We encourage durable solutions that look around corners while taking into consideration our customer needs from a cost, performance, and reliability perspective.
Our team develops a network modeling environment and business workflow that provides the required visibility and control of traffic across the network to design, scale, and operate the AWS backbone.
About the Team
Within AWS Networking, the Backbone Enterprise, and Regional Engineering (BERE) organization is responsible for the design, implementation, and operations of a wide array of networking infrastructure that provides global connectivity between all AWS Regions and edge locations. BERE provides the massive scale required to support our AWS customers and internal services, via a network that grows by 70% annually. In addition, they have teams that are responsible for the design and operation of our global corporate office and data center network, allowing tens of thousands of Amazonians to perform their daily tasks in support of our customers.
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years of engineering experience.
- 6+ 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 live site 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.
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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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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