AmazonSoftware Development Manager, Elastic Container Service
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Manager, Elastic Container Service in Vancouver, Canada. It pays CAD 171k-CAD 286k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- The posting mentions AWS Ecs, AWS EC2 and AWS Fargate among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 21,000+ other open roles on Level.
- Posted within the past week.
AI in this role
Lead a software engineering team building and operating Amazon ECS, leveraging AI-assisted development to speed up delivery.
You will work with Principal Engineers, product management, and peer teams across Containers, EC2, networking, and security. You will own the roadmap for your area, from customer problem to launch to operations.
Key job responsibilities
Lead, hire, and develop a team of 6–12 software engineers. Set a high bar, give clear feedback, and build an inclusive team that delivers.
Own the design, delivery, and operation of ECS control plane or data plane components. This includes scheduling, orchestration, agent and runtime, service discovery and networking integration, or deployments, depending on team charter.
Drive operational excellence. Own availability, latency, and security targets and the on-call health of the team. Lead COE reviews and make sure the fixes ship.
Work backwards from customers. Write and review PRFAQs and design docs, prioritize with product management, and deliver on commitments.
Plan and manage delivery across multiple quarters. Balance new features, tech debt, scale, and operational work.
Raise engineering standards: testing, deployment safety, observability, and use of AI-assisted development to speed up the team.
Collaborate with dependent teams and service owners. Resolve cross-team technical and prioritization conflicts.
Engage directly with customers and field teams to understand needs and escalations.
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
- 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
- Experience in Linux and Networking protocols, or experience in Kubernetes, Docker or containers ecosystem and experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- 3+ years of virtualization, orchestration and cloud computing (eg. Hypervisors, VMware, Xen) experience, or Bachelor's degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
- Experience with Go, Rust, or C++ in production services.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN, BC, Vancouver - 171,400.00 - 286,200.00 CAD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Manager, Elastic Container Service at Amazon rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where software development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where team management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cloud computing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used AWS Ecs in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Software Development, Distributed Systems, Team Management, Cloud Computing, and AWS Ecs. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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