Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Technology

SoftwareDevelopmentManager-AWSSDKs

$166–288k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Software Development Manager - AWS SDKs at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: AWS SDKs, Software development, Team management. Lead engineers to own and maintain AWS SDKs. Guide engineers on scoping and execution”

Industry & Context.

Technology

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years engineering team management, 7+ years working directly within engineering teams, 3+ years designing or architecting systems, 8+ years leading definition and development of multi tier web services, Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns, Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Nice to Have

Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership, Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing teams of Software Engineers

What You'll Do.

Lead engineers to own and maintain AWS SDKs

Guide engineers on scoping and execution

Understand how an open source project works

Meld open source with internal processes

Manage careers of engineers

Work with SDK leadership on new projects

Work with other AWS teams to deliver cross-org

Handle routine scrum activities

Review asks from other AWS teams

Participate in design and delivery

Own design and delivery

Work with AWS teams to release new features

Propose new ways of building SDKs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

SDK leadership; Other AWS teams; Cross-org features; Scrum activities; AWS teams

Communication Scope

Collect requirements; Describe software product features; Describe technical designs; Describe product strategy

Process & Methodology

Scrum, Yearly planning

Full Job Description

The AWS SDKs are the gateway to the 300+ AWS services, and are uniquely placed as the primary library for developers the world over to those services. We set the pace for development on AWS for customers and the internal teams alike. We build out in the open, are passionate about developer experience and client side tools, and are currently looking for a seasoned manager to help us make this experience even better. Does working with popular and high-impact AWS SDKs interest you? Do you thrive well in a self-directed, open source environment? Do you think you have ideas for the next set of developer experiences, libraries and tools for AWS? We do all of this and more regularly, and with a healthy work-life balance too. Apply now! Key job responsibilities * Lead engineers to own and maintain AWS SDKs, guiding them on scoping and execution of features and issues. * Understand how an open source project works and meld that with internal processes * Manage the careers of all the engineers in the team * Work with SDK leadership in taking on new projects, do yearly planning * Work with other AWS teams to deliver cross-org features. A day in the life * Handle routine scrum activities * Review asks from other AWS teams and participate (or own) its design and delivery in the 13 SDKs * Work with AWS teams trying to get their new features released via the SDKs * Propose new ways of building the SDKs. About the team The mission of the AWS SDK teams is to simplify the use of AWS for developers and allow them to build secure, reliable, idiomatic, and performant applications using any AWS service in the most popular programming languages. We achieve this mission by 1) vending SDKs that cover all AWS service APIs, 2) driving consistencies across AWS Services APIs, 3) owning the overall developer experience in all the supported programming languages, and 4) delivering a set of libraries that provide higher level abstraction and reduce the complexity of using AWS Services. Basic Quali

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