Software Development Manager, IAM, Auth Platform

As a Software Development Manager on the Auth Platform team, you will lead a team of engineers solving complex technical problems that affect services and customers across AWS. You will own the team's technical direction, delivery, operations, and talent development. You will work with engineers and partner teams to build secure, reliable software at scale while maintaining a high bar for engineering quality. This role requires strong people leadership, technical judgment, and the ability to turn broad customer needs into clear plans.

Key job responsibilities Lead, hire, coach, and develop a team of software engineers. Own the team's technical direction, roadmap, execution, and operational performance. Guide the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and reliable software systems. Work with engineering, product, and program partners to define priorities and manage dependencies. Establish mechanisms for software quality, security, testing, availability, and operational readiness. Communicate technical decisions, progress, risks, and tradeoffs to partner teams and senior leaders.

A day in the life You will work with engineers to review designs, make technical tradeoffs, and remove delivery blockers. You will meet with partner teams to clarify requirements, set priorities, and coordinate work that crosses organizational boundaries. You will also review operational performance, customer feedback, and delivery progress.

People development is a regular part of the role. You will coach engineers, hold one-on-one meetings, support career growth, and participate in hiring. You will move between long-term planning and immediate engineering decisions while giving team members clear ownership of their work.

About the team Auth Platform builds and operates foundational software that helps services authenticate requests securely and reliably. The team works with engineering groups across AWS and owns systems where security, availability, and operational discipline matter. Team members solve complex distributed systems problems, improve existing services, and develop new capabilities for customers and partner teams.

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