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Software Engineering Manager, Internet Edge Services, Internet Edge Services

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Compensation
$185–250K/yr
Location
Seattle, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Amazon Web Services’ Internet Edge Services organization is building Catographer, a software-defined control plane for managing traffic across Amazon’s global border network. The Software Development Manager leads engineers developing and operating this platform, which processes real-time network signals and directs network controllers. The role works across engineering teams to deliver traffic-engineering solutions and improve network reliability, security, and availability.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering Team Management, requiredEngineering, requiredMulti-Tier Web Services, requiredTechnical Leadership, requiredProject Management, requiredSoftware Development Lifecycle, requiredJava, requiredC#, requiredC++, requiredService-Oriented Architecture, requiredDistributed Programming, requiredDistributed Software Systems, requiredEngineering Practices, requiredProduct Partnership, requiredTechnical Communication, nice to haveRequirements Gathering, nice to haveTechnical Design, nice to haveProduct Strategy, nice to haveRecruiting, nice to haveHiring, nice to haveMentoring, nice to haveCoaching, nice to haveTeam Management, nice to have

Qualifications

3+ Years Engineering Team Management, required7+ Years Engineering Experience, required8+ Years Multi-Tier Web Services Experience, required1+ Years Technical Leadership and Project Management, required1+ Years Java, C#, or C++ Distributed Systems, required1+ Years Service-Oriented Architecture Experience, required1+ Years Distributed Programming Experience, required5+ Years Software Engineering Experience, requiredBachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Related Field, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The Internet Edge Services (IES) organization at Amazon Web Services (AWS) is at the forefront of optimizing global internet connectivity for our customers through innovative software solutions. We are on a bold mission to reimagine how the internet's edge operates at planetary scale — building the Border Network of the future: software-defined, running on commodity hardware, and programmable at every layer. This kind of platform unlocks capabilities that simply weren't possible before.

We're seeking a talented Software Development Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you'll be lead the team responsible for building, enhancing, and operating Catographer — the intelligent control plane that will power Amazon's software-defined network at the internet edge. Catographer will act as the brain of the network, continuously ingesting real-time signals such as routing information to determine how traffic should flow across Amazon's global border network. It translates those decisions into directives for the underlying network controllers, enabling fast and reliable traffic management at massive scale. By replacing legacy routing approaches with a modern, horizontally scalable platform built in Rust, Catographer improves network reliability, reduces the blast radius of failures, and unlocks advanced traffic engineering capabilities — all while handling network state changes in milliseconds. This is a unique opportunity to work on a foundational platform for how traffic enters and exits Amazon's network.

In this role, you will lead a team of software development engineers to understand requirements and extend platforms that support software-defined networks (SDN). You are joining a high performing team interacting closely with other engineering teams across USA and Australia.

Key job responsibilities

Lead an established high performing team to identify opportunities and deliver software defined traffic engineering solutions for AWS's internet edge networks leveraging your software background.

You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing indistinguishable from perfect global network at the lowest possible cost for our customers.

You’ll experience and contribute to an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

A day in the life

  • Manage sprint planning for your in-flight projects.

  • Prepare a project report for Director level review.

  • Review a high level solution design and coordinate its review with key stakeholders.

  • Lead a review of operational metrics to ensure continued improvement in the security, availability and effectiveness of services you own.

  • Drive process and software improvements across the space

  • Ensure your software engineers have a clear list of goals and projects to deliver and handle escalations from director level down

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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

  • 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience

  • 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience

  • 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience

  • 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience

  • 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

  • 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

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. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 1,152 open Software Engineering Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$185–250K/yr
  • Washington median$175–275K/yr63 salary ranges
  • US median$142–261K/yr993 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $218K, is close to the Washington median midpoint ($218K) — in the middle half of Software Engineering Manager salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 74 open Software Engineering Manager jobs in Washington and 1,152 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Software Engineering Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (1,055 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 419 of the 1,152 open Software Engineering Manager jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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