Software Development Manager, AWS Elastic Load Balancing

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Development Manager (AWS Elastic Load Balancing)

Description

Lead a team of software engineers building and operating AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) services at massive scale, focused on the Network Load Balancer (NLB) and Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) control plane. You will build micro-services that process high-volume raw, partial, and transient data from ELB Data Plane instruments into actionable insights for the ELB control plane and customers. The role emphasizes technical strategy, operational excellence, and reliability improvements that enable fault-tolerant, low-latency networking at global scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software engineers building and operating ELB services at scale
• Drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, and roadmap planning for ELB features and reliability
• Hire, develop, and retain engineering talent; conduct performance reviews and mentorship
• Own operational excellence: high availability, low latency, and security
• Partner cross-functionally with product management and principal engineers to deliver customer-focused solutions
• Manage sprint planning, prioritization, and delivery across multiple workstreams
• Raise the engineering bar via code reviews, design reviews, and best-practice adoption
• Drive operational metrics, on-call processes, and incident response to maintain SLAs
• Communicate progress, risks, and strategic trade-offs to senior leadership
• Foster innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement aligned with leadership principles

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years working directly within engineering teams
• 3+ years designing or architecting systems (design patterns, reliability, and scaling)
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 6+ years designing or architecting systems (reliability and scaling)
• 3+ years of operational experience

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Basic Life & AD&D, supplemental life options
• EAP and mental health support; medical advice line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage