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Software Development Manager, AWS SDKs and Tools

Amazon· Software Development
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$203.4k - $275.2kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Lead a New York-based team of engineers responsible for AWS SDKs across multiple languages. Set technical direction, manage roadmap, maintain reliability, and collaborate with sister SDK teams to ship cross-language features. Hands-on leadership with code reviews and design involvement, focused on developer experience and open-source collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, hire, and develop a team of about 8-12 software engineers, and build a culture of ownership, high standards, and continuous learning.
  • Grow engineers across the career ladder, including SDE I to SDE II and SDE II to Senior SDE promotions, and give every engineer clear, actionable feedback.
  • Own the roadmap for your SDK portfolio by working backwards from customer feedback, GitHub issues, support cases, and usage data.
  • Engage with the open-source community and keep your SDKs responsive, transparent, and trustworthy for developers.
  • Make sound tradeoffs among speed, quality, and backward compatibility across a large, generated codebase.

Qualifications

  • 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
  • 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services 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

Skills

Required:Team leadership and people managementRoadmap ownershipSystem design and architecture
Nice to have:Open-source engagement

Benefits

  • base salary and sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
  • comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, optional supplemental life)
  • EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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