Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Manager III, Software Development to lead an engineering team within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Seattle, WA. ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that enables customers to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with speed and reliability. In this role, you will own the day-to-day technical execution of a team of software development engineers, drive high-quality software delivery, and develop your team members' skills and careers. You will report to a Senior Manager, Software Development within the ECS engineering organization.

You will lead a team of 6–10 software development engineers responsible for designing, building, and operating ECS features and services. Your team will own components of the ECS platform through the full software development lifecycle — from design and implementation through deployment, operations, and continuous improvement. You will partner with Principal Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Managers to translate customer requirements into engineering deliverables with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.

Key job responsibilities
Own end-to-end delivery of ECS features and service improvements that serve customers running production workloads on AWS.
Define quarterly and annual team-level goals aligned to the ECS roadmap and broader AWS priorities.
Hire, develop, and retain software development engineers across multiple levels in Seattle, building a high-performing, inclusive team.
Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide direct and actionable feedback, and own the career growth and performance management of direct reports.
Collaborate with Principal Engineers and architects to ensure your team's solutions meet AWS standards for scalability, availability, security, and operational excellence.
Drive engineering rigor through design reviews, code reviews, and post-incident analysis (PIR) participation.
Maintain operational health of team-owned services, including on-call rotations, incident response, and proactive reliability improvements.
Represent your team in sprint planning, roadmap discussions, and OP1/OP2 planning cycles.
Partner closely with the Vancouver, BC and East Coast ECS engineering teams to deliver cross-site initiatives with consistent quality and pace.
Identify and remove blockers that reduce team velocity and delivery quality.

Basic qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 5+ years of engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 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 leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
• Experience recruiting for technical or Software Development Engineering talent

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building or operating container-based services, microservices platforms, or cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS.
• Experience managing engineering teams in a high-growth, customer-facing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on technical depth with people management responsibilities.
• Experience operating services with high availability requirements (99.99%+) at scale.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical trade-offs clearly to both engineering and product audiences.

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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, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually