Software Development Manager, Proactive Security (Level 6)

About the role

The Proactive Security (ProSec) team is building the next generation of mission-critical security systems to protect Amazon assets. These include standalone tools for security reviews (e.g., intake and data classification), paved paths (e.g., libraries for embedded systems), and integrating plugins in tools used by product teams. We experiment and build innovative tools to identify and address key customer pain points. Our customers are Amazon development teams, internal security teams, and Amazon’s customers.

We are looking for an experienced dynamic manager who has a passion to make internal business teams successful. The ideal candidate has deep technical experience, preferably in AWS technologies, strong verbal and written communication, and excels at balancing priorities between near-term and long-term focus. Prior experience building preventive solutions (e.g., paved paths), driving their adoption, and extending builder tools to vend security guidance is strongly desired.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team of Software Development Engineers, Security Engineers, and Technical Program Managers.
• Foster a collaborative environment, conduct performance reviews, and promote professional growth.
• Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for our Preventive Plugin Platform and experimental tooling workstream.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on requirements and priorities.
• Review architecture design and oversee software development of highly scalable systems.
• Communicate technical concepts, project status, and risk assessments to stakeholders at all levels, both technical and non-technical.
• Ensure that security is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment.
• Promote continuous innovation to enhance the security, performance, and scalability of our cloud-based solutions.

A day in the life

• Own the vision and mission of the team.
• Attend daily operations calls, team standups, and meet with stakeholders regarding short-term and long-term projects.
• Weekly meetings with your team to discuss their career goals and passions.
• Lead operational excellence initiatives.
• Partner with senior team members to create architectures that will scale for the long term.
• Provide guidance to senior leaders on long-term technical strategies and approaches to solve problems within your domain.

About the team

The team is led by a tenured Amazon leader, and this role will manage a team of 6. You will lead the charge on extending a highly visible tool as well as ideate and own the build-out of a new platform to vend proactive security guidance to builders.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services.
• 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 live-site operations.

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 in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between.
• Experience delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility, and often ambiguous environment.
• Experience building and driving the adoption of new tools.
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams.

Pay

USA, VA, Herndon - $184,900.00 - $250,200.00 USD annually.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.