Amazon
Software Development Manager (SDM), Amazon S3
$185K–$250K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 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 teams developing Amazon S3 Core APIs, delivering secure, durable, high-availability storage and improving platform performance and throughput.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and grow software engineering teams; manage hiring, coaching, and performance.
- Own software project delivery from planning through execution and operational excellence, including production reliability.
- Set technical strategy and engineering practices with product, stakeholder, and cross-functional partners.
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 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
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
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