Amazon Software Development Manager AWS Transactional Services 

Canada, Ontario, Old Toronto 

463319930

Maple SDM Job DescriptionAbout AWS
About Journal
As a Software Development Manager, you will be joining the team that builds Journal Control Plane services and automations at scale. You will be leading a team of software developers solving novel technical challenges, working with tenured Principal Engineers and Senior Software Engineers on a daily basis.
Your responsibilities include:* Own the delivery of software development projects end-to-end.* Work with the engineers in your team to invent, design, and develop highly available and scalable distributed systems and database technologies.
* Work with your team, your peers, senior management, and senior engineers to implement best practices in software development and operational processes.
* Develop and grow the members of your team, as well as mentoring others.
* Keep up to date with new technologies used in the field and by our customers, to stay current in our rapidly changing environment.Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months. 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.Mentorship & Career Growth

- 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

- 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