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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Dev Manager III, Amazon Leo - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $184,900.0 - $250,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Product Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Build Tools, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10526809/software-dev-manager-iii-amazon-leo ## About the Role 5+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience - 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience - Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field - 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 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 Are you passionate about building the infrastructure that empowers engineering teams to ship software faster, safer, and more reliably? We're looking for a Software Development Manager to lead a team of engineers dedicated to CI/CD pipelines, release management, and build engineering. In this role, you'll own the systems and processes that keep our software delivery engine running smoothly from code commit to production deployment. You'll drive improvements in pipeline health, reduce build times, increase release velocity, and raise the bar on engineering productivity across the organization. You'll work closely with development teams, operations, and leadership to define and execute a roadmap that makes releasing software a seamless, low-risk experience. If you love solving complex automation challenges, thrive on deployment management, and want to have an outsized impact on how an entire organization delivers software, this is the role for you. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum., Pipeline Health & Reliability: Own end-to-end health of CI/CD pipelines, including monitoring, alerting, and rapid resolution of pipeline failures. Define and track key metrics (build success rate, pipeline duration, mean time to recovery) to continuously improve reliability. - Release Management: Establish and refine release processes, coordinating cross-team release schedules, go/no-go decisions, and rollback procedures. Ensure releases are predictable, well-documented, and low-risk. - Build Engineering: Lead the design and optimization of build systems and tooling. 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