Software Development Manager

The AWS SDKs are the gateway to the 300+ AWS services, and are uniquely placed as the primary library for developers the world over to those services. We set the pace for development on AWS for customers and the internal teams alike. We build out in the open, are passionate about developer experience and client side tools, and are currently looking for a seasoned manager to help us make this experience even better.

This is a unique opportunity to lead the CRT (SDK Common Runtime) libraries, Rust SDK, and IoT SDK teams. The leader of these teams will impact thousands of services and millions of customers for Amazon. This is your chance to grow the team and have impact at scale.

Does working with popular and high-impact AWS SDKs interest you? Do you thrive well in a self-directed, open source environment? Do you think you have ideas for the next set of developer experiences, libraries and tools for AWS?

We do all of this and more regularly, and with a healthy work-life balance too. Apply now

Key job responsibilities

• Lead engineers to own and maintain AWS SDKs, guiding them on scoping and execution of features and issues.
• Understand how an open source project works and meld that with internal processes
• Manage the careers of all the engineers in the team
• Work with SDK leadership in taking on new projects, do yearly planning
• Work with other AWS teams to deliver cross-org features.

A day in the life

• Handle routine scrum activities
• Review asks from other AWS teams and participate (or own) its design and delivery in the 13 SDKs
• Work with AWS teams trying to get their new features released via the SDKs
• Propose new ways of building the SDKs.

About the team

The mission of the AWS SDK teams is to simplify the use of AWS for developers and allow them to build secure, reliable, idiomatic, and performant applications using any AWS service in the most popular programming languages. We achieve this mission by 1) vending SDKs that cover all AWS service APIs, 2) driving consistencies across AWS Services APIs, 3) owning the overall developer experience in all the supported programming languages, and 4) delivering a set of libraries that provide higher level abstraction and reduce the complexity of using AWS Services.

• 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

• 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.