Software Development Manager III, Apollo

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. To meet the ever-growing demand for AWS Services around the globe, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

Amazon's massive software deployment system, Apollo, is a core part of Amazon and AWS high availability and expansion, enabling thousands of distributed software services running on millions of servers with constantly-updating software and no downtime. We are looking for a Software Development Manager who will have the opportunity to attract and lead a team of Software Development Engineers that will expand Apollo into new AWS locations, and scale it to assure the operational success of the systems used to deploy some of the largest cloud services on the planet, such as EC2, S3, DynamoDB, and the thousands of services behind Amazon's consumer brands.

Do you like automating complex tasks, solving technical problems, and working with systems at scale? Do you have experience managing large, complex programs? Want to learn how to stand up new AWS regions from scratch?

A Software Development Manager in our team will play a critical role in shaping the roadmap for the expansion of Apollo. A successful candidate will be a hands-on manager with an established background in developing and operating platforms and services, developing and hiring extraordinary talent, have strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage the design and implementation of software solutions and infrastructure builds and transitions, including including code reviews, testing, deployment and post-launch monitoring
• Lead and manage the team that drives organizational standards for operational excellence and resiliency
• Develop, communicate, and maintain project road maps
• Establish strong relationships with internal partners and peer stakeholders to understand and meet their needs while operating existing systems at a high quality
• Dive into details of issues, make technical contributions, and drive the delivery of products and software solutions
• Hands-on development of your team. Mentor, coach and grow highly talented engineers. Train engineers on best practices and drive operational excellence.
• Partner with stakeholders and peer teams to align on priorities, influence roadmaps, and deliver cohesive solutions that create measurable customer value at scale.