Software Engineering Manager - AWS CloudFormation Control Plane

Role Overview

The AWS Infrastructure as Code team facilitates customers' smooth adoption of AWS services by enabling safe and efficient cloud application deployments. This team develops key services including CloudFormation and Cloud Control API that allow customers to provision infrastructure across AWS at an unprecedented scale.

The CloudFormation Core team specifically focuses on building and maintaining the Control Plane and Asynchronous Workflow Engine that underpin large-scale provisioning operations. The team designs and delivers features to manage high volumes of traffic while ensuring secure infrastructure deployment experiences for customers.

In this leadership role, you will guide the CloudFormation Control Plane domain with the objective of advancing customer experience in infrastructure provisioning and scaling the service to handle increasing operation volume.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Lead engineering teams focused on the Control Plane for AWS CloudFormation.
• Deliver next-level customer experiences for infrastructure provisioning at scale.
• Drive scaling efforts to accommodate growing operational demand.
• Collaborate closely with product and program management teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years managing engineering teams.
• At least 7 years of experience working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of experience architecting and designing new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scalability.
• 8+ years leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, version control, build systems, testing, certification, and live operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management functions.

Preferred Skills

• Excellent communication skills for interacting with users, technical teams, and senior leadership to gather requirements, explain technical designs, and align on product strategy.
• Demonstrated ability in recruiting, hiring, mentoring, coaching, and managing software engineer teams to enhance skill sets and productivity.

Additional Information

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive culture that empowers all employees to deliver their best work. We provide workplace accommodations throughout the hiring process as needed. The annual base salary range for this role in Vancouver, BC, is CAD 171,400 to CAD 286,200. Total compensation may include additional components such as sign-on bonuses and restricted stock units. Benefits encompass health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off, and resources supporting health and wellbeing.