Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with recent examples of being named #1 in customer service, #1 most trusted, and #2 most innovative. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is carrying on that tradition while leading the world in Cloud technologies. AWS Support provides global technical support to a wide range of external customers as they build mission-critical applications on top of AWS services. As a member of the AWS Support team, you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology - assisting a global list of companies that are taking advantage of a growing set of services and features to run their mission-critical applications.
We are looking for a technical leader that can lead the execution of AWS Support's Support API strategy that must be highly scalable, highly available, handle diverse frameworks and integrations, and make it easier for our customers to interact with our Support organization. This technical leader needs to be able to evaluate and evolve our technology stack as the cloud around them evolves and be ready to invent new ways of solving exciting new challenges every day. The leader should be a strong operator, who is comfortable operating productions systems that thousands of Enterprise and Business customers depend on.
To do so, you should be passionate about improving the AWS customer's support experience and executing on our vision of integrated support. You will be energized by owning a publicly available API and integrating with downstream services. You will be excited about leading a team of engineers to achieve their goals and helping grow their careers.
Key job responsibilities
PRODUCT
You will closely partner with your product manager to define and execute on the vision for your product. You will set and help your development team maintain line-of-sight to key product goals.
PROJECTS
You will be responsible for developing a roadmap and delivery plan for your team as well as track progress against key goals. You will identify dependencies and risks and mitigate risks before they start to impact project goals and manage expectations when things don't go as planned.
PROCESS
You, together with your team, own the team's development process. You should be comfortable running an agile development process and ensure it serves the team, rather than the team serving it.
PEOPLE
You will own all facets of performance management and career development for your team. Helping team members achieve their career objectives through regular one-on-one engagements is required. You will mentor all members in order to maintain a well-rounded, world class organization. You will own and be accountable for the output and performance of your team.
TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
You should ensure your team is technically excellent. That includes ensuring security remains your top priority, with operations second and features third. You should build for high-availability and utilize best-in-class native AWS technologies. You will mentor your team on design best practice, even though your engineers ultimately own the solution.
RECRUITING AND HIRING
You will take the lead in hiring quality people who not only fit the needs of the current organization but will allow the team to scale with our customer and service growth. You will coordinate with Amazon and external recruiting staff to evaluate potential candidates, participate in initial phone screens and provide relevant guidance and feedback during onsite interview loops. You will also be responsible for ensuring that proper training takes place for all new hires.
INCIDENT AND ESCALATIONS MANAGEMENT
You will be the point of contact for enquiries regarding escalations and service incidents impacting our case management customers, for services you own or the broader case management space during your coverage period. The manager is expected to respond to critical issues regarding engagement and incident management on an as needed basis. You will be driving initiatives regarding improvements to existing tools & processes and providing feedback on new practices & procedures in order to scale with the rapid expansion of the AWS services and customer base.
About The Team
You will manage a team consisting of highly skilled software development engineers. The team is responsible for the public AWS Support API product.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering 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
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 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
- Master's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment
Company - Amazon Dev Centre South Africa
Job ID: A2393360
