Description

　　This role is located in Seattle, WA. Are you a technology leader and innovator interested in owning business critical services at AWS? We have an opportunity for a Software Development Manager in the AWS Security, Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS) organization, and are looking for a leader who is ready to transform AWS’s identity management landscape.

　　Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers make billions of transactions worldwide on our cloud. They harness the power of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable innovative applications, websites, and businesses. The AWS Security team owns security for all of these services offered by AWS, including EC2, S3, and many others.

　　Our team works with the numerous Amazon groups to solve security challenges at massive scale relating to identity and access management. We enable trust by building internal services that meet the security goals of our customers, from compliance to analysis. We dive deep into security technologies such as new authentication systems, hardware security components, cryptography, system hardening, and massive-scale audit analysis.

　　Our team is looking for a highly curious software and systems professionals to join us and help us continue to raise the security bar for cloud computing. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about delivering results. You should be passionate about solving security hurdles in innovative ways. We do not desire to simply produce good software here at AWS Security, we want to produce disruptive, history changing innovations.

　　Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” A typical day on our team involves working with users to design new security features, prototyping and demonstrating features to your users, deploying software through our large automated systems, and operationally supporting newly deployed software. The team looks for radical new approaches to automate fixes for operational issues, works with AWS services to solve design problems, and interacts with AWS teams to integrate applications.

　　You'll be part of a world-class team in a fast-paced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are smart, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class service is critical to customer success.

　　Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

　　Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

　　What you will do:

　　In this role, you will own key technologies in the AWS ecosystem. You and your team will work closely with customers across AWS providing strategic services that raise the bar for identity management, security, and integration. You will be joining a group of technology leaders that are determined to delight our customers while driving AWS forward. You will integrate with AWS products; you will help evaluate new AWS offerings; and you will build new capabilities. You will lead a full-stack development team - services and API’s to provide end users a seamless experience. You will build for a global audience, delivering secure, highly scalable, highly available services for all of your customers. If you are ready for an opportunity like this, we would love to hear from you.

　　Why it matters:

　　Amazon and Amazon Web Services are growing at an incredible rate. To keep up with that growth, we must continually innovate with new processes and automation that simplify our operations at massive scale. You’ll have a company-wide impact; your work will impact thousands of developers and teams. You’ll help us rapidly launch and scale our services. The processes you operate will benefit Amazon’s external customers.

　　Why you’ll love it:

　　You’ll see all aspects of the Amazon business, from our Retail websites to our digital products to the inner workings of Amazon Web Services. You’ll work with massive data sets. You’ll improve the agility of our technical teams. You’ll be part of a growing, fast paced, and innovative team. You’ll have ownership, not just responsibility; and you’ll define and execute processes to deliver both savings and productivity for AWS and Amazon.

　　As a Software Development Manager you will:

　　Lead a team to build and rollout systems to multiple global regions

　　Have end-to-end ownership of major engineering projects within Enterprise Identity

　　Build Infrastructure as Code and DevOps tooling

　　Create processes that can be leveraged to help drive efficiencies and quality

　　Work closely with our internal customers to enable their goals and meet their demands

　　Work on new designs/solutions, bringing them from concept to launch and operations

　　Create and update our infrastructure and security standards and ensure that the systems adheres these standards

　　Review and implement changes on the systems utilizing thorough test plans

　　Lead efforts to drive automation

　　Drive operational excellence for your systems

　　Work with a wide range of technologies

　　Work on a variety of hardware platforms across multiple vendors

　　Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous leader who possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and time management skills, and has a successful track record of delivering large-scale engineering projects. The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment is essential.

　　This is a high-impact opportunity with interesting challenges and high visibility. We truly are looking for the highest quality candidates, so you should expect a rigorous technical interview process.

　　About the team

　　About AmSec:

　　Diverse Experiences

　　Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

　　Why Amazon Security

　　At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

　　Work/Life Balance

　　We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

　　Inclusive Team Culture

　　In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

　　Training and Career growth

　　We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Seattle, WA, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　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

　　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 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $148,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.