Software Development Manager - EC2 at Amazon

Job summary
We are looking for a leader inside the Control Plane Workflow organization, within EC2. You will be responsible for managing a team that drive the development and operation of core EC2 control-plane infrastructure that launches hundreds of thousands of EC2 instances every day and manages millions of resources. This is a high-performing team which contributes to a wide range of projects in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment. You will become part of an industry-leading engineering team solving challenging problems at massive scale.

The position demands excellent technical skills and knowledge coupled with strong leadership, planning, writing, and management abilities.
Key responsibilities: - Translation of complex business and customer requirements into detailed project plans and schedules; manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team by defining, implementing and maintaining a coherent, progressive strategy for our product line.

• Responsible for the over-all systems development life cycle
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
• Management of departmental resources, staffing, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team
• Evolution of the software engineering practice within the team, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology
• Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology
• Continue to build an effective development organization by driving the recruiting and hiring of senior level engineers, developing and managing the group, and conducting performance reviews of team members
• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-10 years experience in Software development and 2-5 years as Development Manager
• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
• Experience with a programming language such as Java, C# or C/C++

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem solving abilities.