Software Development Manager, Network Conrol Plane

Software Development Manager, Network Conrol Plane

Job :  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Are you a leader who wants to own critical, highly scalable systems, and foster innovation? Can you attract and grow the engineering talent needed for those kinds of challenges? Are you skilled at managing complex projects that require interacting with multiple stakeholders while staying close to the detail?

The Control Plane team owns the network control plane protocols for the switches in the Amazon network and is part of the NPD (Network Product Development) team. As a leader in this team, you will dive deep to understand Amazon's network architecture and partner with our routing protocol communities, network engineering, peer software teams and other AWS service teams to develop and operate the control plane software that powers Amazon's network device platforms.

You will own the software quality and speed of delivery of all new solutions and identify opportunities to invent and simplify the systems used throughout the AWS network.

We are looking for a software leader to lead a team of engineers to realize our vision of delivering and owning the world's fastest and most reliable network. The successful candidate is expected to be a technical manager who can deliver through a high performing engineering team and who understands and sets a high bar for all parts of the software development, deployment, and operational life cycle including: design, development, documentation, testing and operations.

You must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast‑paced environment.

• Work backwards from customer needs, build and track business metrics by which the team works to improve customer impact.
• Plan, develop, deploy and maintain network control plane protocols, routing stacks, and lifecycle management software for a highly scaled network.
• Recruit, coach and mentor senior and junior software engineers.
• Work with management, customers and adjacent development teams to build state‑of‑the‑art solutions, incorporate new technologies, and algorithms.
• Set quality standards, build mechanisms and processes for team efficiency, continuously inventing and simplifying.
• Manage the full software development lifecycle: design, development, documentation, testing and operations.
• Own and improve software quality and speed of delivery across all new solutions.

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of engineering experience.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective product software engineers.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is $ – $ USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.