Software Development Manager, S3 at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$184,900–$250,200from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role within Amazon S3, responsible for leading an engineering team building and operating large-scale distributed cloud storage services. Day-to-day work involves collaborating with senior and principal engineers, shaping multi-year technical roadmaps, hiring and mentoring engineers, and driving architectural decisions that support S3's ongoing growth and infrastructure health. Best suited to experienced engineering managers with a background in distributed systems and web-scale services.
Senior level · 7+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,600 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 670–2,400
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) with explicit responsibilities for hiring, developing talent, mentoring engineers, and delivering multi-year roadmaps — mapped to 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers).
The '7+ years working directly within engineering teams' requirement is used as the overall years minimum since it is the broadest role-level experience gate; the 3-year management and 8-year web services requirements are narrower and captured on their respective skills.
No specific programming language, cloud platform, or named tooling is required by the JD — all technical requirements are stated at the practice/discipline level (distributed systems, web services, SDLC practices). Skills like 'engineering team management', 'system design', 'code review', and 'CI/CD' are included as the closest concrete named practices explicitly called out in the Basic Qualifications.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range for Seattle, WA; the posting notes the final package also includes sign-on payments and RSUs.
The role title carries no seniority level word, so the title states no level; the scope and experience requirements (managing teams, multi-year roadmaps, working with Senior/Principal engineers and senior leadership) support a Senior band.
Ignored 6 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): engineering team management, multi-tier web services, system design, product/program management partnership, recruiting and hiring engineers, technical roadmap development.
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