Amazon
Software Development Manager III, S3 Vectors
$185K–$250K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Experience
- 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.
About the job
Leads an engineering team building and operating foundational services for S3 Vectors, a serverless vector store within Amazon S3.
What you'll do
- Set the roadmap and drive day-to-day sprint work, using lightweight processes to support fast iteration.
- Collaborate with engineering leaders, product, and AWS partner teams to deliver features and solve technical problems.
- Mentor and develop engineers while maintaining high standards for testing, verification, design, and code reviews.
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, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience; 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, technical 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 S3, S3 Vectors
AI focus
Builds a vector store for storing and querying vector embeddings; no other AI work is stated.
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