Software Development Manager, Business Data Technologies

The Andes Data Security team is looking for an exceptional leader to define and lead the next generation of solutions to further improve our security and compliance posture of the data. We are looking for someone who is passionate about building great products, has a strong track record of success, and is excited to join our team of talented engineers.
As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of engineers in the design, development, deployment, and operation of products large scale applications. You will build solutions that further the capability of fine-grained access controls features for the largest data lake in Amazon. Your product will protect every single query that gets executed in Amazon’s analytic environment.
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
* A strong track record of building and leading high-performing teams
* A deep understanding of software development principles and practices
* Excellent project management skills
* Excellent communication skills
* A passion for delivering innovative and user-friendly products.
If you are a highly motivated and experienced software development manager with a passion for delivering amazing reading experiences, we encourage you to apply.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for:
* Building, maintaining, and organizing your team
* Defining your technical strategy and product roadmap
* Defining, measuring, and reporting on your key performance and operational excellence metrics
* Recruiting and retaining top talent
* Driving clarity in highly ambiguous technical environments
* Developing long-term technical roadmaps
* Guiding and coaching developers
* Managing projects effectively
* Communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
* Motivating your team to achieve results in a fast-paced environment
A day in the life
A day in the life of this role would be a good mix of managing multiple programs, focus on long term, managing operational health of systems and making high impact decisions.
About the team
We're building the next generation of data governance self-service policy management, identity-aware access controls, and systems that scale to hundreds of thousands of datasets. If you like designing abstractions that are simple for users but robust under the hood, and you want your work to matter at Amazon scale, come build with us.
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management 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
- 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
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