Software Development Manager, API Gateway Workflows

Salary: $184,200 - 184,200 per year Requirements:

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams
• 3+ years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling
• 8+ years of experience leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns across the full software, hardware, and network development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, certification, and live-site operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Preferred: Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leaders to gather requirements and explain software features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Preferred: Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring, coaching, and managing software engineering teams to strengthen their skills and effectiveness

• Lead a team delivering high-impact software that protects customer workloads
• Manage team performance and career growth through coaching, mentorship, and regular feedback
• Build and deliver technical roadmaps in partnership with product managers, designers, and stakeholders, prioritizing work and ensuring timely delivery
• Balance operational excellence and feature development while considering immediate needs and long-term architectural goals
• Foster an inclusive team culture that empowers engineers and supports their development
• Set and uphold engineering practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and operational readiness
• Partner with security, networking, infrastructure, and other teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Guide the development lifecycle of existing services and work with product management to improve the customer experience
• Help engineers deliver scalable, latency-sensitive software and maintain a high quality bar
• Provide the team with strategic direction and collaborate with organizational leaders on high-impact API Gateway projects

• API
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Hardware
• Network
• Security
• Serverless
• Web
• Support

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We build and operate the global infrastructure that keeps AWS running, supporting data centers and the systems customers rely on for continuous access to cloud services. Youll join a diverse, inclusive organization spanning engineering, supply chain, security, and operations. Our API Gateway service helps customers configure traffic management, authentication, monitoring, and other capabilities for scalable serverless applications. This role is part of the Amazon API Gateway Data Plane organization, whose work includes critical control-plane components, configuration propagation, and placement systems that affect the reliability and performance of millions of API requests. We offer an inclusive culture, equal employment opportunities, and comprehensive benefits, including health coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. The listed base salary is $184,200 annually for Seattle, Washington; final compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and location.

last updated 40 week of 2026