Software Development Manager - Embedded, AWS Hardware Engineering

Software Development Manager - Embedded, AWS Hardware Engineering

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Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate across AWS to help deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. The AWS Hardware Engineering team is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to spearhead firmware development for the next generation of data center hardware.

In this role, you will orchestrate the efforts of talented engineers to deliver unique hardware solutions and scale those for AWS customers, guiding the development of embedded systems that power AWS’s infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead a talented group of firmware engineers, fostering professional growth and cultivating a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Define and present the annual roadmap for delivering high‑quality firmware solutions to organizational leadership.
• Collaborate closely with AWS hardware and software teams to integrate firmware into the broader ecosystem of AWS Data Center services.
• Support the deployment and operation of the developed software in AWS data centers, ensuring smooth implementation and optimal performance.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle.
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, scaling).
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience managing a high‑calibre team of Software Engineers developing complex, world‑class, scalable software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
• Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills.
• Experience delivering products against plan in a fast‑paced, multi‑disciplined, distributed‑responsibility, and often ambiguous environment.
• Experience with the scrum methodology.
• Experience with Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).
• Experience with server hardware system and Systems Management software/firmware.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Job : A3136271