Software Development Manager (EC2)

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a leader inside the Cloud Manager organization, which owns the services responsible for the transactions of creating, modifying, and terminating EC2 Instances. We are also responsible for driving instances to their intended state, as well as the contract with instance resources such as EBS Volumes and AMIs. We're thus one of the most pivotal teams in EC2, and we're hiring!
The position demands excellent technical skills and knowledge coupled with strong leadership, planning, writing, and management abilities.

Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Key job responsibilities

1. Translation of complex business and customer requirements into detailed project plans and schedules; manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team by defining, implementing and maintaining a coherent, progressive strategy for our product line.
2. Responsible for the overall systems development life cycle.
3. Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
4. Management of departmental resources, staffing, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team.
5. Evolution of the software engineering practice within the team, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology.
6. Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology.
7. Continue to build an effective development organization by driving the recruiting and hiring of senior level engineers, developing and managing the group, and conducting performance reviews of team members.
8. Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 2+ years of engineering team management experience.
2. 5+ years of engineering experience.
3. 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
2. 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 an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.