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# Software Development Manager, S3, Amazon S3 Index

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Storage, Code Review, Software Engineering, Web Services, Build Process, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/software-development-manager-s3-amazon-s3-index-seattle-wa-usa-58898690

## About the Role

S3. and improve customer experiences. * Partner with S3 engineering leaders to address complex technical challenges and ensure architectural coherence. Tasks * 3+ years of engineering team management experience * 7+ years of experience in engineering teams * 3+ years designing or architecting systems for reliability and scaling * 8+ years leading multi-tier web services development * Knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and live-site operations Key requirements * health insurance (medical, dental, vision) * 401(k) matching * RSUs included * paid time off * parental leave * flexible spending accounts

## Description

Experteer Overview As a Software Development Manager for the S3 Index team, you will lead a high-impact group engineering scalable indexing systems that ensure durability and availability of key-value metadata for S3. You'll steer architectural direction for a high-visibility, first-class AWS service, partnering across S3 to balance performance with reliability. You'll influence product and technical strategies while growing engineers and delivering solutions that handle massive scale and diverse access patterns. This role offers the chance to shape foundational cloud storage infrastructure and drive team growth in a culture that values inclusion and curiosity. Compensation / Benefits * Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, enabling them to solve complex problems and grow professionally. * Own architectural decisions and technical direction for a high-visibility S3 initiative, aligning with engineering best practices. * Create metrics and mechanisms to measure team performance and improve customer experiences. * Partner with S3 engineering leaders to address complex technical challenges and ensure architectural coherence. Tasks * 3+ years of engineering team management experience * 7+ years of experience in engineering teams * 3+ years designing or architecting systems for reliability and scaling * 8+ years leading multi-tier web services development * Knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and live-site operations Key requirements * health insurance (medical, dental, vision) * 401(k) matching * RSUs included * paid time off * parental leave * flexible spending accounts


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