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# Software Development Manager, S3, Amazon S3 Index

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $184,900.0 - $250,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Code Review, Software Design Patterns, Software Product Management, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Web Services, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/83B78B6A0C0341EB9130BF7CE2363F9C/job/

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

* Lead and mentor a team of talented software engineers, creating structures that enable them to solve complex problems and deliver high-impact solutions while fostering their growth and professional development.
 * Own team-wide architectural decisions and technical direction for a high-visibility S3-wide initiative, ensuring quality software aligned with Amazon's engineering best practices while making appropriate trade-offs between tactical needs and strategic goals.
 * Create mechanisms and metrics that enable you to explain your team's performance and identify opportunities to improve customer experiences.
 * Partner with engineering leaders across S3 to identify and address complex technical challenges, evaluating downstream impacts and architectural cohesiveness.

A day in the life

Throughout the day, you'll collaborate with your team of talented software engineers to solve problems to deliver innovations across this foundational AWS service. You'll balance technical deep dives with strategic planning sessions, working across organizational boundaries to drive alignment on your high-visibility initiative. You'll mentor team members to foster their growth while ensuring they have the support needed to deliver complex solutions that meet S3's rigorous standards for security, durability, availability, and performance.


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