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# Sr. Software Development Manager - Networking Operations, Amazon Leo

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $220,100.0 - $297,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Cloud Computing, Network Control, Network Administration, Software Engineering, Software Systems
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28085219/Sr-Software-Development-Manager-Networking-Operations-Amazon-Leo-Washington-Redmond-7375

## About the Role

As the Senior Manager of this team, you will define the long-term vision for the team and its products as well as hiring and organizing to succeed. The candidate must have expertise with modern development practices and network management, and will have demonstrated the capability to deliver best-in-class software systems that solve some of today's hardest networking problems.

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., 10+ years of engineering experience

 - 5+ years of engineering team management experience
 - 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
 - Experience partnering with product or program management teams
 - Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment

Preferred Qualifications

 - Experience partnering with product and program management teams
 - Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications

## Description

* Lead a multi-layered organization of 50+ software engineers, managers, TPMs with end-to-end network control scope
 * Build a high-performance engineering culture grounded in ownership, velocity, and operational excellence
 * Provide career development for a group of exceptional SDN developers

End-to-End Technical Ownership

 * Manage the software lifecycle of SDN deliverables from concept to operations, encompassing our SDN Controller software deployed in the Cloud and SDN Agents deployed on satellites, gateways, and customer terminals
 * Own and drive execution of the multi-year vision and strategy for the team
 * Develop new networking features that offer improved quality and functionality.
 * Lead cross-organizational integration and troubleshooting initiatives across challenging mobile, space and terrestrial environments.
 * Define long-term architecture and ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability across product generations

Operational Excellence

 * Define, manage, and monitor KPIs for your systems
 * Define mechanisms and processes to ensure predictable/high-quality software deliveries, and continuous improvement
 * Translate ambiguous product concepts into clear, executable engineering plans