Software Development Manager, Amazon Linux

Come build the future of Linux at Amazon with the Amazon Linux Team in Dresden, Germany!

If you are an experienced people manager who is passionate about Linux and wants to build the platform to support the world’s premier cloud computing environment, then this is the job for you.

Amazon Linux is the flagship Linux distribution of AWS. The Amazon Linux team's business is making Amazon Linux the most secure Linux distro in the cloud. We curate and maintain all OS components, including the Linux Kernel, and ship releases to our customers on frequent basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of skilled engineers to design, develop, test, and operate services and components for Amazon Linux. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to drive the development of new features, resolve technical issues, and maintain a high quality service.

Software Development Managers in Amazon Linux are responsible for leading a team of skilled engineers. They work with product managers, program managers and technical leaders to drive the development of new features, resolve technical issues and they maintain high quality services and product releases.

After joining, you will quickly become a key partner to the leadership team, where you will understand its core business goals and priorities.

Amazon Linux is a part of AWS Utility Computing (UC) which provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Key job responsibilities
1. Lead and mentor a team of 9+ engineers, driving project execution and ensuring timely delivery of commitments
2. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape the product roadmap and strategically prioritize development initiatives
3. Drive the development and enhancement of Amazon Linux, with a focus on maintaining high quality, reliability, and scalability
4. Foster cross-team collaboration to resolve complex technical challenges and align the product and services with customer needs
5. Hire and developing your team. Delivering through others is your primary responsibility
6. Manage the team's performance and provide guidance and mentorship to team members
7. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement

A day in the life
You enjoy our flexible work schedule and start working at a time in the morning that aligns best with your private situation. You arrive at the tram stop directly in front of our office building, or use our private car park or our spacious bike locking room with separate showers.

For lunch, you might go out in groups, or meet in our winter garden or up on the open roof terrace. The occasional coffee chat or water-cooler talk keeps you connected to neighboring teams.

If its Friday you will either give or attend a technical talk and enjoy some pizza or barbecue thereafter.

About the team
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Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience with Linux
- Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams
- Experience leading or developing high quality, enterprise scale software products using a structured system development lifecycle
- Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
- 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

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 working with end user or developer communities
- Experience delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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