Software Development Manager, Elastic Container Service (ECS)

Containers are redefining how our customers are building deploying and running their applications. Do you want to join the Amazon Container Services team and help customers by building the future of serverless containers on AWS Fargate

ECS dataplane is looking for a software development manager to lead the team owning critical software stack governing the lifecycle of tasks running on containers used by major AWS services.

We are looking for a self-motivated strong and people focused Software Development Manager within the ECS Storage and Networking group. ECS is a container orchestration service that lets customers to focus on running containerized applications without necessarily managing servers by removing the operational overhead of scaling patching securing and managing servers. The ECS Dataplane group owns systems services and process to manage infrastructure on which ECS executes customer workloads including infrastructure setup capacity management patching and efficiency programs.

Key job responsibilities
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
Experience operating mission-critical customer-facing services
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software 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

A day in the life



About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and will help empower you to take on more complex tasks in the future.
We value diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Here at ECS its in our nature to learn and be curious. We value work-life harmony. We strive for flexibility as part of our working culture.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of engineering experience
- 8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 3 years of Software Engineer Software Developer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of developing large-scale multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN BC Vancouver - 171400.00 - 286200.00 CAD annually

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Department / Functional Area: Software Development
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1