Amazon
Software Development Manager III, S3 Buckets
$185K–$250K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in engineering team management; 7+ years working directly within engineering teams; 3+ years designing or architecting systems; 8+ years leading multi tier web services development.
About the job
Leads the S3 Buckets team, owning its data-plane systems and roadmap while delivering reliable, scalable storage services and developing engineers.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor software engineers while managing team development and day-to-day work.
- Own the vision and roadmap for S3 Buckets Data Plane systems and interfaces; contribute to architecture and troubleshooting.
- Partner across teams to build scalable distributed systems and improve service reliability, operations, and customer experience.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience.
- 3+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems experience.
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience; knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development lifecycle practices; experience partnering with product or program management teams.
Nice to have
- Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership about requirements, designs, features, and strategy.
- Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing Software Engineer teams.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Amazon S3, S3 Buckets, S3 Access Points, AWS, EC2
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