Amazon

Director, Software Dev - Network Software

Amazon$264K — $350K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 15+ years of software development experience
  • 10+ years of managing a team
  • 5+ years of managing managers
  • Experience with highly available, large-scale, distributed systems
  • Proven ability to lead teams across multiple locations

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end technical strategy and roadmap for the AWS Network Engineering domain
  • Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization across multiple locations
  • Drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed systems serving millions
  • Collaborate with hardware engineering, product management, and science teams
  • Maintain high standards for system reliability, performance, and security
  • Promote operational excellence, including incident response and availability metrics

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program and mental health support
Full Job Description
Key job responsibilities
• Own the end-to-end technical strategy and roadmap for a critical domain within AWS Network Engineering
• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization of engineers across multiple locations, building a culture of operational excellence, innovation, and customer obsession
• Drive architectural decisions for highly available, large-scale distributed systems that serve millions of customers globally
• Partner cross-functionally with hardware engineering, network operations, product management, and science teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Establish and maintain the highest standards for system reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency
• Drive operational excellence including on-call culture, incident response, and continuous improvement of availability metrics

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field - or equivalent work experience
• 15+ years of software development experience
• 10+ years of managing a team
• 5+ years of managing managers
• Experience building and running highly available, large-scale, distributed systems -externally facing product or service
• Proven ability to lead across multiple locations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Track record leading through leaders, growing and leading engineering organizations of 100+ people
• Experience building and scaling a product or external service from early stage to enterprise-level success
• Multi-site leadership experience
• Remarkable technologist with high judgment and remarkable product vision
• Operational excellence background
• Deep experience with networking, distributed systems, or infrastructure at hyperscale

The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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 (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 264,100.00 - 350,000.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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Market Cap
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Net Income
$21.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+28.1%
Revenue
$386 billion
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