The AmSec Endpoint Security Capabilities and Prevention Engineering team build and operate first and third party services for the monitoring and response to malicious activity on the Amazon internal devices. We collect data from all parts of Amazon's environment worldwide.
We seek a Software Development Manager who is excited about leading a talented team to solve challenging problems by developing our own solutions, while operating a mission critical service that protects Amazon and our customer data. Our challenges are broad and deep we build flexible, secure, scalable, high-performance and robust tools and services. These services enable our security engineers and analysts to detect and respond to malicious activity on our infrastructure. In Amazon Security we operate multiple large scale data query platforms to allow security engineers to detect anomalies and facilitate threat hunting. You will lead a group of engineers to operate these services to the highest operational level while building new tools and services to improve the customer experience and make it easier/faster/cheaper for the customer to get what they need.
In AmSec, we obsess over our customers, and their trust is our first priority. Trust is earned by building a highly respected security team to tackle new challenges at a large scale. In this role, you will lead a key software development team to deliver high quality, scalable products that are deployed to our internal services around the world. You will collaborate with product owners and customers to deliver the best features, using resources and technologies efficiently. You will work with stakeholders to define solutions that scale and satisfy a wide variety of security needs. You will assign responsibilities, identify appropriate resources, and build schedules to ensure timely completion of project milestones. You will also assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, and balance business needs against technical constraints to maximize business benefit. You bring a technical background, are detail driven and have excellent problem solving abilities. The successful candidate is passionate about delivering extensible, on-time solutions and has experience developing high-performance teams through goal-setting, attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement and mentorship.
On-Call Responsibility
This position involves on-call responsibilities. We don't like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don't get paged for the same issue twice.
Key job responsibilities
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience, especially focused on end-point management.
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software 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
- 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
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
- 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
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, CA, San Luis Obispo - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
