SDM, AWS Builder Acceleration

Job  | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Are you passionate about leveraging GenAI and advanced AWS technologies to simplify builder experience and accelerate innovations at AWS scale? We are building a new organization, AWS Builder Acceleration (AWSBA), focused on reducing toil and increasing building efficiency across AWS builders. Our mission is to accelerate AWS builder teams’ innovation by eliminating friction throughout the software development and operational lifecycle. Through AI based automated solutions and centralized service management, we address fundamental challenges including Keep The Light On (KTLO) service maintenance burden, launch readiness complexities, and recurring operational load.

Through continuous collaboration with builder teams to identify emerging challenges, we shape our strategic roadmap to reinvent the development and operational ecosystem.

We are seeking an experienced software development manager to help us build and lead AWSBA org to simplify and accelerate the software development experience for 20,000+ AWS engineers. You will shape AWS builder experience from the ground up with a singular mission: make software development, deployment and maintenance simpler across AWS. Success requires building services and tools that reduce friction, listening closely to what your internal customers tell you gets in the way of building, influencing the Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) roadmap, and driving transformation for engineering teams.

You will harness advanced technologies, including AI-powered tooling, agentic workflows, and innovative AWS solutions, to create next-generation software builder experience at AWS scale.

• Build and lead a new organization dedicated to improving AWS developer experience
• Identify and prioritize high‑impact problems that impede AWS software development
• Develop a strategic roadmap that delivers meaningful improvements weekly while working toward long‑term transformation
• Establish team culture and set new standards for the ideal software builder experience
• Partner closely with ASBX while focusing on AWS specific challenges
• Make and defend decisions about scope and priorities, even when facing pressure from senior stakeholders

• Re‑imagine how developers build and operate the software that underpins the world’s largest cloud
• Shape a new organization from day one
• Drive significant transformation across AWS engineering
• Pioneer the use of cutting‑edge generative AI technologies to create the next generation of builder experiences

You should have deep expertise in the architecture and business use of AWS technologies. You recognize the transformative potential of generative AI in software development and are excited to pioneer AI‑powered builder experiences that fundamentally change how developers write, debug, deploy and operate code  remain technically hands‑on and close to the technology despite your leadership role. You're passionate about developer experience and get frustrated by inefficiencies that make building software unnecessarily difficult.

You understand the challenges AWS developers face today and have a clear vision for improvement. You spend time listening to teams across AWS and validating that your teams are working on the right problems, and the solutions meaningfully simplify the AWS developer experience across all teams. You're comfortable maintaining focused scope and saying "no" to distractions, even when they come from senior stakeholders.

You recognize that exceptional execution within a focused mission creates more impact than diluting efforts across too many initiatives. You're an experienced hiring manager excited about building a world‑class, diverse organization. You take the long view while delivering incremental improvements. You're deeply self‑critical, actively seek customer feedback, and are willing to challenge the status quo. You have strong backbone—able to voice opinions confidently, make difficult decisions, and defend your position when working with leaders across AWS.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
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