Requirements

• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for software, hardware, and network development life cycles including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams

Nice to Haves

• Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership to gather requirements, describe software features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring, coaching, and managing software engineering teams to improve skills and effectiveness

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse team of software engineers across multiple experience levels
• Foster a culture of ownership, customer obsession, and engineering excellence aligned with Amazon’s Leadership Principles
• Recruit top-tier talent to build an inclusive team reflecting a global customer base
• Own the delivery of large-scale, high-availability software systems managing network resource inventories and lifecycle operations
• Drive technical design reviews and balance maintainability with delivery velocity
• Set and track engineering metrics to continuously improve team velocity and quality
• Maintain system reliability through operational dashboards, alarms, on-call rotations, and runbooks
• Perform root-cause analysis for operational events and implement systemic improvements
• Champion automation to reduce manual intervention and toil in network lifecycle management
• Define 1–3 year technical roadmap with principal engineers and senior leadership
• Translate business and infrastructure requirements into prioritized engineering backlogs
• Identify innovation opportunities using machine learning, advanced analytics, and cloud-native architectures
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Network Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Communicate status, risks, and proposals effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders
• Influence technical direction across organizations via documentation such as PRFAQs and design documents

Perks and Benefits

• Inclusive team culture encouraging diversity, curiosity, and belonging
• Employee-led affinity groups and ongoing events promoting inclusion, such as Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities with knowledge-sharing and development resources
• Strong emphasis on work-life balance and flexibility to support harmony between work and home life
• Commitment to equal opportunity employment and accommodating candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process