Software Development Manager, Connect

2 months ago


Auburn WA, United States Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. Full time
Are you interested in being part of a team of software engineers tasked with building a new AWS service that intersect cloud computing, Big Data, machine learning, and customer engagement? Do you enjoy the challenge of building and managing innovative services? Do you want to make an impact at a global scale? Then you should join our team



Customer Engagement is a growth agent for companies that look to invest in communicating and engaging with their end customers, understanding their behaviors and unique interactions, and learning how to engage at the right precise moment with the right customer experience. Behind each of these interactions are unique moments that create an opportunity to learn and understand more about who they are and what they want. AWS Customer Engagement services (Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon SES) power over 20 billion customer interactions per day across multiple channels and use cases. We seek to create the most customer centric experiences with highly reliable, scalable, and secure engagement services that build customer knowledge, trust, and drive growth.

Key job responsibilities
* You are creative, responsible, and able to dive deep into emerging serverless AWS technologies.
* You will think about business opportunities, operational issues, architectural diagrams, scalability, security, and the customer perspective in the course of a single conversation.
* You have a solid understanding of programming languages, distributed microservices, serverless computing, and performance engineering.
* Excited to learn from others while bringing your own novel capabilities and perspectives.
* Proficient with debugging, profiling, and analysis tools used to support software applications
* Our team members thrive in a hands-on environment where everyone actively participates in product definition, technical architecture review, iterative development, code review, and operations.
* Lead with empathy and align career goals with business value.
* Demonstrate strategic product thinking on new features and services to enhance our customer engagement offerings on the intersection of ads, marketing, support, and customer 360 workloads.

A day in the life
* Lead bi-weekly sprint planning
* Attend daily standups with the team
* Lead weekly operational meeting, lunch n' learns, and career coaching 1 on 1's with your reports
* Communicate weekly on project statuses
* Schedule and participate in project meetings and reviews with UX, PM, and Engineering stakeholders
* Contribute feature code and conduct code reviews for your teammates
* Have Fun Attend weekly team events to connect and build strong working relationships

About the team
We are a team that cares about your work-life balance, while challenging you and your team to solve problems at AWS scale. You will be part of a strong team in a fast-paced, start-up environment where agile development is embraced and innovation is encouraged. You will get support and resources from some of the smartest people in the industry to continue your personal and professional growth. You'll be joining a fun team that prides itself on a great work environment with an inclusive group of people that loves working together towards a common goal and make history in launching a new strategic service in the industry.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 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
- 8+ 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 livesite 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

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit

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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