Software Dev Manager , AWS Identity - IAM Control Plane at Amazon
Herndon, VA
$184,900–$250,200from the description
Aug 14, 2026
Herndon, VA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A people-management role leading the AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) engineering team, which builds the service enabling secure cross-account and cross-organization resource sharing for AWS customers. The manager will own product and architecture strategy, partner with service teams across AWS to onboard new resource types, and be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and growing a team of software development engineers.
Senior level · 7+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,900 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 790–2,850
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 $199,482 (middle half $174,883–$233,831). 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 Aug 18, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Two posting locations are listed (Arlington, VA and Herndon, VA) with the same salary band of $184,900–$250,200 annually; the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria CBSA covers both.
The title 'Software Development Manager' implies direct reports and hiring authority, making 11-3021 the clear primary SOC. The role is described as 'hands-on' and involves architectural work, which is why 15-1252 is noted as a secondary possibility, but people management is the primary function.
The 7+ years figure is used for the overall years minimum as it is the broadest role-level experience gate ('working directly within engineering teams'); the 8+ years for multi-tier web services is captured as a skill-level requirement.
Agile/Scrum, code review, and CI/CD are inferred from the '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' requirement — these are the concrete named practices within that gate.
AWS is listed as preferred rather than required because the posting does not explicitly gate on AWS experience in the Basic Qualifications; the role is for the AWS RAM team but no AWS-specific experience requirement is stated.
Compensation includes sign-on payments and RSUs in addition to the stated base salary range.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): engineering team management, system design, multi-tier web services.
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