Application deadline: Oct 19, 2026
The Data Center Builder Tools team is looking for an innovative, self-directed Software Development Manager to lead the effort in building the Data Center Industrial Controls Run-times team. You will build and own a team with a portfolio of on-premise industrial automation software in mission critical building management and electrical power infrastructure.
As a Manager, you will drive key engineering and business decisions that impact team's long-term vision. You will be responsible for hiring and leading a team of engineers responsible for building high performing applications that interact with large scale distributed systems. In this position you will partner with product managers, cross-functional teams to execute both strategic and tactical roadmaps. A successful candidate will have an established background with strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
We are seeking a leader who will bring proven experience in building, managing, and mentoring engineering teams. In this role you will:
- Build and manage a team of software engineers (from new grads to senior engineers) by hiring, coaching, and promoting. You will foster career growth and a strong team culture by leading and mentoring engineers with various experiences.
- Set high engineering standards and operational excellence for the team, and help them deliver incremental value to customers by administering agile development process.
- Effectively communicate within your team, with your peers, with senior leaders and with stakeholders. Through writing, you'll distil and communicate technical concepts and challenges and be willing to argue for the right outcomes using data, conviction and diplomacy.
- Work with other teams and team members to break down complex challenges, iterate on designs, estimate engineering efforts, and create work-back schedules. You will be deeply in the details of any trade-offs between approaches. You'll be an enabler and a force-multiplier for your team.
A day in the life
You will lead a team of engineers building software that directly supports internal deployment teams and data center operations teams across Amazon's global infrastructure. You will drive technical roadmaps, remove blockers for your engineers, and partner closely with stakeholders to understand operational challenges and translate them into scalable software solutions. You will own sprint planning, design reviews, and service health, while coaching and growing your team. Given the multi-national footprint of our facilities, you will occasionally travel to engage directly with customers, gather requirements, and ensure the tools your team builds meet real-world operational needs.
About the team
A team within Data Center Builder Tools, builds the services that provision, deploy, and update operating systems and firmware across devices in AWS data centers. We develop both cloud-based services and on-device agents that internal engineering teams and on-site operators rely on to manage the full device lifecycle. Our tools power the industrial controls systems running in data centers worldwide
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
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, CO, Denver - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
