Software Development Manager, Shield

What You'll Do

• Architect, build, and operate critical security systems that protect AWS and millions of customers from sophisticated DDoS attacks.
• Lead a team of talented engineers developing real-time detection and mitigation solutions that process terabits of traffic per second.

About the team

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. Our team builds and operates this critical security service that protects thousands of customers from disruptive and costly DDoS attacks. We combine advanced detection algorithms with massive mitigation capacity to provide protection against the largest and most sophisticated attacks. Our mission is to ensure customers can maintain availability and performance even during targeted attacks, allowing them to focus on their business rather than defense infrastructure. We continuously innovate to stay ahead of evolving threats in the cybersecurity landscape.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 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
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers