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Software Development Manager, Cloudwatch Logs

Bellevue, Washington, United StatesFull-time$185k–$250k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead a high-performing engineering team to own critical systems within CloudWatch Logs, driving technical strategy, scalability, and reliability for AWS's largest log management platform.

Role type

Senior IC manager (engineering leadership)

Builds

CloudWatch Logs service (log ingestion, storage, search, and analysis)

Domain

Cloud computing / Observability / Distributed systems

Required skills

Engineering team management, multi-tier web services architecture, distributed systems design, Java/C#/C++, service-oriented architecture, distributed programming, software development lifecycle leadership, operational excellence, stakeholder partnership

Preferred skills

Technical communication, recruiting and mentoring engineers, product strategy alignment

Technologies

Java, C#, C++, Service-Oriented Architecture, Distributed Systems

Responsibilities

Define and drive multi-year technical strategy and roadmap, lead architectural decisions for scalability and durability, partner with product and service teams to deliver solutions, ensure operational excellence and availability targets, recruit and develop engineers, build team operations mechanisms

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC