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OverviewJoin us in building the next generation of distributed systems that power AWS. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides highly scalable and robust services to its customers. As AWS grows to serve more customers and support more products, the foundational technologies of AWS evolve to support new use cases and larger scale. The AWS Transactional Services team in Vancouver is building distributed systems and backend technologies that offer innovative solutions to this growth. Our customers include a wide range of AWS foundational teams, from S3, Kinesis, SNS and DynamoDB, each seeking technology solutions to help them achieve their goals. The team builds Journal Control Plane services and automations at scale, and leads with tenured Principal Engineers and Senior Software Engineers on a daily basis.ResponsibilitiesOwn the delivery of software development projects end-to-end.Define your team's roadmap and manage ongoing projects, keeping customers informed, updating senior management, and representing the team to dependencies.Work with engineers to invent, design, and develop highly available and scalable distributed systems and database technologies.Collaborate with peers, senior management, and senior engineers to implement best practices in software development and operational processes.Develop and grow team members, including mentoring others.Stay up to date with new technologies used in the field and by customers to remain current in a rapidly changing environment.Basic Qualifications3+ years of engineering team management experience7+ years of working directly within engineering teams3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web servicesKnowledge 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 live-site operationsExperience partnering with product or program management teamsPreferred QualificationsExperience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategyExperience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skillsAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you require accommodations during the application and hiring process, please visit for more information.The base salary for this position ranges from $171,400/year up to $286,200/year. Salary is based on factors including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Depending on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site. #J-18808-Ljbffr