Software Development Manager, Elastic Container Service (ECS)

Description

Containers are redefining how our customers are building, deploying, and running their applications. Do you want to join the Amazon Container Services team and help customers by building the future of serverless containers on AWS Fargate?

ECS dataplane is looking for a software development manager to lead the team owning the critical software stack governing the lifecycle of tasks running on containers used by major AWS services.

We are looking for a self‑motivated, strong and people‑focused Software Development Manager within the ECS Storage and Networking group. ECS is a container orchestration service that lets customers focus on running containerized applications without necessarily managing servers by removing the operational overhead of scaling, patching, securing, and managing servers. The ECS Dataplane group owns systems, services and processes to manage infrastructure on which ECS executes customer workloads including infrastructure setup, capacity management, patching and efficiency programs.

Key job responsibilities

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting design patterns, reliability and scaling of new and existing systems
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services
• Experience operating mission‑critical customer‑facing services
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software 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

About the Team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge‑sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and will help empower you to take on more complex tasks in the future.

We value diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services experience
• 3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using service‑oriented architecture 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
• 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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well‑being.

CAN, BC, Vancouver - 171,400.00 - 286,200.00 CAD annually

Company - Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.

Job ID: A10439156