Software Development Manager

Who you are

• We want someone who has a proven record of delivering highly operable and maintainable software on time, has relentlessly high standards for themselves and everyone around them and who will drive engineering best practices throughout the while constantly looking for ways to make the systems we own better
• AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply
• 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 in engineering team management
• Experience in engineering
• Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services
• Experience partnering with product and 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

What the job involves

• AWS Lambda, at the heart of the Serverless movement, is a fast growing service that is becoming the default compute infrastructure for a wide range of applications
• We are looking for a proven leader to help lead teams of exceptional software engineers to tackle some of the hardest problems at global scale
• Be great fun to work with. Our company credo is “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”. The right candidate will love what they do and instinctively know how to make work fun
• Enjoys being a great people manager. i.e., building, motivating and mentoring a world-class software engineering team is the most important part of this role. You should have a proven track record in recruiting and retaining top talent and excel in day-to-day people and performance management tasks
• Brings a strong set of project & product management experience
• The successful candidate will create a team vision and product roadmap and set SMART goals for the team and individuals alike
• You will be intensely customer focused: you understand your customers’ challenges and are constantly looking for ways to solve them
• You have great communication skills, and enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
• You have a track record of growing and developing talent