Software Development Manager, Route 53 - Global Resolver

Amazon Web Services (Route 53) is offering a Software Development Manager position in-

person in Arlington, VA / Herndon VA USA.

In this role, you will be leading a team working on the development of a Tier-1 AWS

service, Route 53 Global Resolver for customers focusing on a globally distributed DNS

resolution service. You will be responsible for building and scaling a secure, highly available

Anycast DNS resolver that enables customers to resolve both public and private DNS queries

from anywhere while maintaining strong security controls and compliance requirements.

We are looking for a proven and motivated Engineering leader to take our services software

development team to the next level. As a leader, you will be responsible for significantly

improving the service, making tough prioritization decisions, iterating and innovating, and

thinking through distributed systems problems.

You need to be technically deep, be able to communicate clearly, and have the ability to build a

strong team that delivers results. The Amazon Web Services business requires creative

engineering and a strong customer focus, and you will work with your team and senior

leadership to develop and launch high quality services. You will manage and lead a team of

engineers to influence our overall strategy and define the team's roadmap. You will also help

drive the system architecture, spearhead best practices that enable a quality product, and help

coach and develop team members. A successful candidate will have an established background

in managing and delivering software projects, great communication skills, and a motivation to

achieve results in a fast paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Direct management of the software engineering team
• Lead the architecture and design, development, deployment and operations for the service
• Strategic planning and execution, effectively tracking the progress and management of changing priorities
• Be customer-focused and drive the team to build and deliver solutions that improves customer experience
• Work closely with leadership and stakeholders to review business plans, progress and outcomes
• Work with customers, listening to their requirements and pain-points and drive solutions to address them
• Be cost conscious, drive efficiency improvements

As a trusted leader you will:

• Work with product managers to refine customer requirements
• Bring innovative ideas to the table every day, in order to find better ways of accomplishing our customer objectives
• Set clear and measurable goals for the team and team members
• Mentor and promote your team members