Manager III, Software Development, Amazon Connect

Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team to deliver critical platform infrastructure that powers Amazon Connect APIs across multiple AWS regions, ensuring scalability and reliability for our growing customer base

• Define technical vision and strategic roadmap for platform evolution in the AI-first development era, working backwards from customer needs to drive innovation in authorization, search, and event streaming technologies
• Partner effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, manage competing demands, and ensure seamless execution of key deliverables while maintaining operational excellence
• Provide mentorship and career development for direct reports through regular 1:1s, fostering an inclusive environment that promotes professional growth.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical discussions across teams, facilitating consensus on complex problems while maintaining high standards for code quality, system health, and security practices

A day in the life No two days are the same, but here's what to expect. Mornings often start with technical deep-dives alongside engineers, working through design decisions, unblocking complex problems, or reviewing architecture proposals. You'll spend time with your direct reports in 1:1s coaching them on people leadership, delivery, and career growth.

Throughout the week, you'll partner with cross-functional teams (product, TPMs, partner orgs) to align on roadmap priorities and shared deliverables. You'll own operational excellence for your team: reviewing metrics, driving root-cause analysis, and raising the bar on service health. You'll also lead cross-org initiatives that span multiple teams and require influence without authority.

Expect to context-switch between strategic planning (what should we build next quarter?) and tactical execution (how do we unblock this launch today?). The role demands someone comfortable operating at both altitudes.

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

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 in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship 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, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional., 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, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon's unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers' businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon's real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use. Amazon Connect is an AI-powered customer experience solution that enables superior outcomes at a lower cost. Since its 2017 public launch, Amazon Connect has become an AI leader, transforming how organizations of all types interact with their customers. We're seeking a dynamic Software Development Manager to lead our platform infrastructure team that powers 300+ APIs deployed across 13 AWS regions, serving millions of customers worldwide. In this role, you'll define the vision for our platform in the evolving agentic AI landscape while leading a team that builds solutions directly impacting end-to-end customer experiences. You'll drive innovation in public APIs, authorization systems, search platforms, event streams, and quota management technologies that enable seamless contact center operations at massive scale.