Software Development Manager (EC2 Nitro), EC2 Core Provisioning at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$184,900–$250,200from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Software Development Manager role leading an engineering team building an ML- and agent-driven server recovery system that operates across millions of servers fleet-wide. The work centers on replacing static, human-authored repair rules with a learning decision engine that diagnoses ambiguous hardware failures and autonomously returns broken servers to production. The role spans hands-on technical leadership, cross-team collaboration with hardware and firmware groups, and ownership of a production-grade, multi-region software service.
Senior level · 7+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,100 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 320–1,650
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $219,401 (middle half $175,322–$306,147). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This is a people-management role (Software Development Manager / SDM) with direct reports, hiring, and mentoring responsibilities — classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021). The alt code 15-1252 reflects that the JD also demands deep hands-on distributed-systems and software engineering depth.
The '7+ years working directly within engineering teams' is the broadest role-level experience gate and is used as the overall years minimum; the '3+ years of engineering team management' and '8+ years of multi-tier web services' are additional hard gates captured on their respective skills.
ML and agentic techniques are central to the product vision but appear only in the preferred/context sections and are not listed as a hard gate in Basic Qualifications — marked preferred accordingly.
The title 'Software Development Manager' carries no seniority level word, so the title states no level. The scope (one team, regional service) maps to Senior on the seniority ladder.
Compensation is stated as a base salary range of $184,900–$250,200 annually, with additional sign-on payments and RSUs noted but not quantified.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): engineering team management, multi-tier web services, system design.
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