Job Description

DESCRIPTION

AWS IoT Greengrass team builds device software and web services software that makes it easy for customers to quickly and easily build intelligent edge devices, and remotely manage and operate software on their devices in the field.

We are looking for an innovative engineering manager to own, build, and grow AWS IoT Greengrass web services offering. In this role, you will grow and lead a team that will design, develop, test, and operate large scale distributed systems that runs on several thousands of nodes and can be resilient in different situations like infrastructure failures, network partitions, etc. As a member of the AWS IoT Greengrass leadership team you will help set and meet goals and you will shape our long term technical and business strategy.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about distributed systems, and thrive on building and driving great teams to deliver high quality software. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for the overall systems development life cycle

Develop the long-term strategy for your programs and translate that into an achievable road map/action plan

Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
Management of departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team

Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:

Exhibits excellent judgment

Hires and develops great people

Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)

Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology

Expects and requires innovation of her/his team

Strong results Orientation

Thinks big

Inclusive Team Culture
We are intentional about attracting, developing and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Yes, we do get to build a really cool service, but we also ensure an inclusive and welcoming culture is being developed and followed every day. We are looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable and able to work effectively with diverse team of peers; someone who will help
us amplify positive and inclusive team culture further.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
8+ years of software development experience
5+ years of experience leading software development teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience building and operating a large scale distributed system
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong business and technical vision
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Exceptional customer relationship skills including the ability to discover the true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions. AWS-FF-SDM