Amazon
Sr SDM, AWS Governance
$220K–$298K
Arlington, VA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of engineering experience; 5+ years of engineering team management experience; 10+ years of consumer software planning, design, development, and delivery experience.
About the job
Leads the AWS Governance team developing CloudTrail capabilities for auditing and compliance, while managing engineering delivery, strategy, and AI-assisted development practices.
What you'll do
- Lead technical leaders and development managers; oversee software projects, resources, quality, and service improvements across teams.
- Drive executive alignment, customer and partner engagement, and strategic planning, including PRFAQs and pricing.
- Establish AI-assisted engineering workflows for code generation, pull request reviews, and test creation; develop and retain talent.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of engineering experience.
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience.
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams and managing concurrent programs, projects, and development teams in an Agile environment.
Nice to have
- Experience designing and developing large-scale, high-traffic applications.
- Experience communicating complex information to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions; track record building AI/ML-powered products with measurable quality mechanisms.
Pay
220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS CloudTrail, AWS, serverless computing, AI, machine learning
AI focus
Establishes AI-assisted development workflows, including AI-powered code generation, automated PR reviews, and intelligent test creation; preferred background includes AI/ML-powered products with measurable quality mechanisms.
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