Software Development Manager, Optics, Optics

Software Development Manager, Amazon Optics, Amazon Optics

The Amazon Optics team is looking for a Software Development Manager who will join the team to help build and manage services used by AWS and Amazon employees to secure our physical sites. Our services allow customers to protect all Amazon locations and preserve the trust that all Amazon users have in us. You’ll work with other engineers every day to build systems that are essential to keeping Amazon sites secure.

• You are accountable for the team’s structure, software, and strategic direction.
• You partner with engineers on your team by delegating oversight of components, processes, and/or operations.
• You lead with empathy and recognize the need to create a sustainable workload for your teams.
• You build a team that delivers successfully without you; use technical judgment to question proposals and test assumptions to improve outcomes for customers or stakeholders.
• You independently own a software architecture, product, or suite of products with considerable business impact.
• You work backwards from the customer, defining a vision of their need and how the product at hand will successfully resolve it.
• You tackle complex problems and proactively mitigate risks before they become roadblocks.
• You provide your team with the necessary support to take responsibility for their systems end‑to‑end.

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems with focus on reliability, scaling.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns across the software/hardware/network lifecycle.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
• Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing teams of Software Engineers.

• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) as part of total compensation package.

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