Software Development Manager Jobs in Potomac, MD

Amazon Web Services (Route 53) is offering a Software Development Manager position in-
person in Arlington, VA / Herndon VA USA.
In this role, you will be leading a team working on the development of a Tier-1 AWS
service, Route 53 Global Resolver for customers focusing on a globally distributed DNS
resolution service. You will be responsible for building and scaling a secure, highly available
Anycast DNS resolver that enables customers to resolve both public and private DNS queries
from anywhere while maintaining strong security controls and compliance requirements.
We are looking for a proven and motivated Engineering leader to take our services software
development team to the next level. As a leader, you will be responsible for significantly
improving the service, making tough prioritization decisions, iterating and innovating, and
thinking through distributed systems problems.
You need to be technically deep, be able to communicate clearly, and have the ability to build a
strong team that delivers results. The Amazon Web Services business requires creative
engineering and a strong customer focus, and you will work with your team and senior
leadership to develop and launch high quality services. You will manage and lead a team of
engineers to influence our overall strategy and define the team's roadmap. You will also help
drive the system architecture, spearhead best practices that enable a quality product, and help
coach and develop team members. A successful candidate will have an established background
in managing and delivering software projects, great communication skills, and a motivation to
achieve results in a fast paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
- Direct management of the software engineering team
- Lead the architecture and design, development, deployment and operations for the service
- Strategic planning and execution, effectively tracking the progress and management of changing priorities
- Be customer-focused and drive the team to build and deliver solutions that improves customer experience
- Work closely with leadership and stakeholders to review business plans, progress and outcomes
- Work with customers, listening to their requirements and pain-points and drive solutions to address them
- Be cost conscious, drive efficiency improvements
As a trusted leader you will:
- Work with product managers to refine customer requirements
- Bring innovative ideas to the table every day, in order to find better ways of accomplishing our customer objectives
- Set clear and measurable goals for the team and team members
- Mentor and promote your team members
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience
- 10+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 5+ 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
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, VA, Arlington - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually