Amazon
Software Development Manager, Amazon Neptune
$185K–$250K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in engineering team management; 5+ years working directly within engineering teams; 3+ years leading development using AWS-backed or other cloud-based technologies; 5+ years designing or architecting systems.
About the job
Leads engineering teams developing and delivering Amazon Neptune cloud database capabilities, with responsibility for technical decisions, product prioritization, and service reliability, availability, and performance.
What you'll do
- Lead development and delivery of cloud-native database services and features.
- Mentor engineers and managers, contribute hands-on technical work, and build engineering teams through recruitment and development.
- Drive technical strategy, design tradeoffs, feature prioritization, and resource planning with stakeholders and senior executives.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 5+ years working directly within engineering teams.
- 3+ years leading development of applications backed by AWS services or other cloud-based technologies and services.
- 5+ years designing or architecting systems, plus knowledge of software/hardware/network development lifecycle practices and experience partnering with product or program management teams.
Nice to have
- Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership about requirements, features, designs, and product strategy.
- Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing software engineering teams.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Amazon Neptune, Apache TinkerPop Gremlin, AWS
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