Highlights
You will partner with Principal Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Managers to translate customer requirements into engineering deliverables with clear milestones and measurable outcomes. In this role, you will own the day-to-day technical execution of a team of software development engineers, drive high-quality software delivery, and develop your team members" skills and careers.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Manager III, Software Development to lead an engineering team within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Seattle, WA. ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that enables customers to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with speed and reliability. In this role, you will own the day-to-day technical execution of a team of software development engineers, drive high-quality software delivery, and develop your team members" skills and careers. You will report to a Senior Manager, Software Development within the ECS engineering organization.
You will lead a team of 6-10 software development engineers responsible for designing, building, and operating ECS features and services. Your team will own components of the ECS platform through the full software development lifecycle - from design and implementation through deployment, operations, and continuous improvement. You will partner with Principal Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Managers to translate customer requirements into engineering deliverables with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.
Key job responsibilities
Own end-to-end delivery of ECS features and service improvements that serve customers running production workloads on AWS.
Define quarterly and annual team-level goals aligned to the ECS roadmap and broader AWS priorities.
Hire, develop, and retain software development engineers across multiple levels in Seattle, building a high-performing, inclusive team.
Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide direct and actionable feedback, and own the career growth and performance management of direct reports.
Collaborate with Principal Engineers and architects to ensure your team"s solutions meet AWS standards for scalability, availability, security, and operational excellence.
Drive engineering rigor through design reviews, code reviews, and post-incident analysis (PIR) participation.
Maintain operational health of team-owned services, including on-call rotations, incident response, and proactive reliability improvements.
Represent your team in sprint planning, roadmap discussions, and OP1/OP2 planning cycles.
Partner closely with the Vancouver, BC and East Coast ECS engineering teams to deliver cross-site initiatives with consistent quality and pace.
Identify and remove blockers that reduce team velocity and delivery quality.
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles