Amazon
Software Development Manager III, Apollo
$185K–$250K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years managing engineering teams; 7+ years working directly within engineering teams; 3+ years designing or architecting systems; 8+ years leading multi-tier web services.
About the job
Leads a team expanding and operating Apollo, Amazon’s large-scale software deployment platform, across AWS locations and services.
What you'll do
- Manage software and infrastructure design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Lead operational excellence and resiliency, maintain roadmaps, and coordinate with stakeholders.
- Make technical contributions while mentoring, hiring, and developing engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years of experience 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 the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle; experience partnering with product or program management teams.
Nice to have
- Communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership about requirements, product features, technical designs, and strategy.
- Recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing Software Engineers.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Apollo, EC2, S3, DynamoDB
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