Software Development Manager , Lambda - Data Plane

Amazon Development Center USA hiring for Software Development Manager , Lambda - Data Plane jobs in Bellevue, WA, US

Architect the Invisible Infrastructure: Lead Engineers Building the Serverless Future with AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda, the pioneering serverless compute service, is a mature yet innovative offering experiencing continuous rapid growth. Having become a critical compute infrastructure and the default choice for a wide range of applications, Lambda is now unlocking new possibilities, making this an exciting time to join the team.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of engineers who are building the foundational systems that power Lambda's Data Plane. We're talking about the services enabling applications to scale from zero to millions of requests instantly, without provisioning any infrastructure. Mind = blown, right?

Your team's mission is all about making Lambda a "boringly trustworthy" service that just works, with top-notch availability, and performance. But that's not all – you'll also drive innovation to extend Lambda's capabilities to new use cases, empowering developers to build serverless applications with ease.

In this role, you'll lead a team of exceptional engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and inspiring them to push the boundaries of serverless computing. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive architectural decisions, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems that meet the ever-growing demands of Lambda's global customer base.

So, if you're ready to be part of the team that's revolutionizing serverless computing and building the invisible infrastructure that powers AWS Lambda, this is the opportunity for you.

Key job responsibilities
• Lead and mentor a team of skilled software engineers, inspiring innovation in serverless computing.
• Architect and develop core systems powering AWS Lambda's serverless auto-scaling capabilities, ensuring scalability, fault-tolerance, and high performance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align technical roadmaps and deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and industry trends, driving adoption of new practices to enhance Lambda.
• Represent the team in technical discussions, advocating for priorities and solutions.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Manage recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of talented software engineers to achieve team goals.

A day in the life
As an Engineering Manager, your primary focus will be driving innovation and technical excellence for AWS Lambda - the pioneering serverless computing platform:

• Mentor a team of software engineers, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing through stand-ups, code reviews, and one-on-ones. Inspire them to push boundaries and embrace failure as a learning opportunity.

• Architect and develop core systems powering Lambda's Data Plane, ensuring scalability, fault-tolerance, and high performance to handle massive traffic spikes seamlessly. Optimize service utilization and economics, improving resource efficiency while maintaining high availability and low latency.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to align on technical roadmaps and deliver customer-centric solutions. Stay ahead of emerging technologies and drive the adoption of new practices to enhance Lambda.

Your internal stakeholders include engineering teams, product managers, and Lambda leadership, while your customers are developers and businesses worldwide relying on Lambda. Your mission? Ensuring a "boringly trustworthy" service that empowers them to focus on business logic without worrying about infrastructure or operations.

About the team
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee- led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Work/Life Balance Our team puts a high value on work-live balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically three - four weeks of on call a year. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice. Mentorship & Career Growth 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. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
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
- 4+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree, Master's, PhD, or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.