Manager, Systems Development

Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/6/2023 CLOSED ON 10/12/2023

Job Posting for Manager, Systems Development at Amazon Web Services, Inc.

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
  • 7 years of experience managing system or software development teams
  • 7 years as a software engineer, system engineer, or site reliability engineer
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience in managing large scale infrastructure and automation.
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment with minimal outside direction, while constantly advancing long term goal

Job summary In AWS Enterprise Engineering organization, we’re looking for a Systems Development Manager who's ready to lead the next wave of innovation at Amazon. In AWS Enterprise Engineering, we build the software, services, and infrastructure that enable Amazon services across the world to build and deliver for customers. We innovate at the intersection of AWS technology and the need to deliver traditional IT solutions at Amazon’s scale. We’re an AWS-focused, builder-centric organization, focused on using AWS technology to reshape and reinvent foundational infrastructure technologies. We build software and services that are critical to all Amazon businesses and teams globally. We succeed when Amazon builders have the underlying infrastructure services to operate at scale, worldwide. The perfect candidate will be an experienced people manager who also possesses strong technical knowledge in Devops methodology, system architecture, engineering, development, and operations. You will have experience managing a team of System or Devops Engineers in an enterprise environment, and have implemented automated solutions across a variety of applications and systems. You will also be highly motivated, enthusiastic, with an inquisitive mind, and able to operate in an ambiguous world. You have a strong understanding of large scale computing solutions and have implemented automated solutions across a variety of applications and systems. You constantly seek out new ideas and technologies that you can use to deliver a higher quality services. You’re passionate about success. You use data to measure success and you don’t spend time on things that do not matter. You take responsibility for the quality of your service and, regardless of their source, strive to prevent faults from impacting your customers. You understand different people have different needs to be productive, and strive to develop self-service oriented solutions. You have a passion for learning, designing, and building cloud computing systems for a diverse set of customers.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs.
  • Experience managing on-call support coverage, escalation and critical issue management




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