Amazon
Software Development Manager, Helianthus
$185K–$275K
New York, NY +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management; 7+ years working directly within engineering teams; 3+ years designing or architecting systems; 8+ years leading multi tier web services.
About the job
Leads the Helianthus engineering organization, setting its technical direction and turning security platform prototypes into reliable production services at AWS scale.
What you'll do
- Set a multi-year technical roadmap and ensure platform components integrate across the software lifecycle.
- Lead production readiness, engineering standards, reliability, and operational practices.
- Coach managers and coordinate adoption, dependencies, and collaboration across AWS Security and partner teams.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years working directly within engineering teams.
- 3+ years designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 8+ years leading the definition and development of multi tier web services; knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life cycle practices; 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 strategy.
- Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing software engineering teams.
Pay
203,400.00 - 275,200.00 USD annually (base salary); 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
AI focus
The platform uses emerging AI capabilities to provide intelligent security guidance and evaluation, and to deliver fixes and automated responses to security findings.
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