Description

Are you passionate about building scalable, secure services that drive innovation across AWS? Join our team as we revolutionize how AWS services and features are launched globally. You'll lead the development of cutting-edge solutions that enable seamless service deployment and parity across all AWS Regions.

In this role, you'll be at the forefront of AWS's technical leadership, shaping the future of cloud computing. You'll collaborate with exceptional product, engineering, and science leaders to create groundbreaking solutions that impact millions of customers worldwide. Your expertise will be crucial in designing and implementing highly secure, fault-tolerant systems that scale to drive Region parity for all AWS service features.

The candidate selected must obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

We're looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, values teamwork, and is passionate about developing both technology and people. If you're excited about shaping the future of AWS and empowering service teams to launch features efficiently, we'd love to hear from you! Please reach out to Josh Sacks at sacksjo@amazon.com for more information.

Key job responsibilities

•Guide the design, implementation, and deployment of successful, large-scale services

•Identify and lead work on complex systems with company-wide impact

•Coordinate multi-team, cross-functional projects

•Nurture talent through hiring, mentoring, and career development

•Contribute to business planning and long-term strategy alongside senior executives

As an SDM, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges. You'll balance strategic planning with hands-on technical leadership, guiding your team to deliver innovative solutions. Your day might include:

•Reviewing architectural designs and providing technical guidance

•Participating in planning sessions to align team goals with business objectives

•Mentoring team members and fostering their professional growth

•Collaborating with product managers to refine feature roadmaps

•Engaging with other AWS teams to ensure seamless integration of services

A day in the life

This role is in a team that is building new capabilities for Amazon Launch Manager to manage end-to-end product lifecycle and deliver service parity across AWS Commercial and ADC Regions. The role offers a chance to build and launch new capabilities to help service team easily and effectively launch services and features, drive feature and API level parity across AWS Regions, and work closely with an exceptional group of product, engineering, and science leaders

About the team

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

• 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

• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.