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# Manager, Software Development, AWS EC2 Nitro Operating System

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $212,700.0 - $287,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Code Review, Software Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Linux, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Linux Kernel, Software Product Management, Software Engineering, Web Services, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D23F827CC6F94321A6CE257F380F87BC/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, * 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
 * Experience troubleshooting problems and offering solutions to streamline complex challenges, or experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis

## Description

The Nitro Linux team owns the secure, embedded Linux environment at the heart of this system. We build and maintain the operating system that integrates with the Nitro control plane and powers live updates, metrics collection, core dump handling, and system health monitoring across AWS's global infrastructure. Linux, ash, C, lua, Rust - join us for embedded software systems at cloud scale!, * Lead and mentor a team of software engineers on Linux kernel development for EC2 Nitro platforms

 * Drive technical strategy and roadmap for kernel development initiatives
 * Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software, and program teams to define requirements and priorities
 * Identify and remove blockers to enable team productivity and technical excellence
 * Support team members in debugging complex, system-level issues and knowledge sharing
 * Represent the team in cross-functional planning and stakeholder communications