Sr Software Development Manager, Amazon Optics
Core
Lead the full lifecycle of Amazon's first-party physical access control system (OACS), spanning custom hardware, firmware, cloud services, and operator applications for AWS data centers, corporate offices, and Leo facilities.
Role type
Senior Software Development Manager (Product & Platform)
Builds
Custom hardware platform, embedded firmware, cloud authorization services, and operator-facing applications for physical security.
Domain
Physical security infrastructure, embedded systems, cloud services, and global supply chain.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering team leadership, multi-year product roadmap ownership, hardware supply chain management, embedded firmware strategy, cloud service architecture, cross-organizational dependency management, organizational scaling.
Preferred skills
Large-scale high-traffic application design, embedded C/C++ development, new product launch experience.
Technologies
C/C++, embedded controllers, cloud services, OTA update systems.
Responsibilities
Own the product roadmap and technical strategy for Access Control; lead software development teams through SDM managers; drive the full lifecycle of hardware from design to global distribution; own the firmware platform and OTA update strategy; deliver cloud services at 99.999% availability; execute migration strategy to deprecate third-party systems; establish operational excellence mechanisms; build and scale the organization.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC leader with management responsibilities
