About the Position

We are seeking a Software Development Manager, IAM to lead engineers in building tools for authentication and authorization at AWS scale. The Auth Consistency team exists to validate and uphold the trust that AWS customers place in their security working correctly and consistently across every service they use.

Responsibilities

People leadership: Hire, develop, and retain a team of software and security engineers. Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and grow engineers into their next roles.
Technical strategy: Define and evolve the team's approach to testing, validating, and measuring consistency and correctness across hundreds of AWS services. Partner with principal engineers to set long-term direction.
Delivery and execution: Own the team's roadmap. Prioritize testing coverage, tooling improvements, and consistency initiatives. Deliver results that demonstrably improve the auth correctness posture of AWS.
AI and innovation: Identify and invest in opportunities to apply AI. Explore novel approaches to test generation, coverage analysis, anomaly detection, and automated verification.
Cross-org influence: Work with teams across AWS to drive remediation. Communicate findings to senior leadership and influence teams to adopt best practices.
Operational excellence: Build mechanisms that surface findings early and track resolution. Drive continuous improvement in how AWS measures and maintains correctness.
Customer trust: Keep the customer's perspective at the center of everything. Your team's efforts directly improve our customers' experience and security.

Requirements

People leadership: 3+ years of engineering team management experience
Technical strategy: 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
Designing or architecting systems: 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Multi tier web services: 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
Engineering practices: 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
Partnering with product or program management teams: Experience partnering with product or program management teams

We Offer

Competitive salary: 240,000 - 320,000 USD/yr
Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs): Included in your Amazon package
Comprehensive benefits: Health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and more

About the Company

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit Amazon's accommodations page for more information.

Location

City: New York
Country: USA

Contact

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Software Development Manager, IAM

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