Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead engineering teams within the Elastic Container Service (ECS) organization in Vancouver, BC. ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that enables customers to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with speed and reliability.
In this role, you will own the technical direction and execution of multiple engineering teams, define the roadmap for ECS features and infrastructure, and grow a high-performing organization of engineers and engineering managers.
Responsibilities Own delivery of ECS features and platform improvements that directly serve thousands of customers running production workloads on AWS.
Define and execute a multi-year technical roadmap aligned to AWS ECS product strategy and customer needs.
Build and scale an engineering organization in Vancouver, BC, hiring and developing engineers and engineering managers.
Partner with Product Management and Technical Program Management to translate customer requirements into engineering plans with transparent milestones and measurable outcomes.
Establish and maintain operational excellence standards: availability, latency, scalability, and security targets for ECS services.
Drive cross-team architectural decisions and resolve technical ambiguity with data and engineering rigor.
Represent the Vancouver engineering organization in AWS-wide planning processes, including OP1/OP2 cycles and headcount planning.




Hold teams accountable to high-quality engineering standards through design reviews, operational reviews, and post-incident analysis.
Basic Qualifications 10+ years of engineering experience
5+ years of engineering team management experience
10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
Preferred Qualifications Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS, or experience implementing a cloud-based technology solution
Experience in Kubernetes, Docker or containers ecosystem
Experience delivering technology products or services in a high growth environment
Experience hiring, developing and promoting engineering talent
Experience performing complex business case analysis to justify technical decisions and presenting to senior management
Compensation Base salary range: $214,200 – $357,800 CAD annually. Total compensation may include sign-on payments and RSUs. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), RRSP, DPSP, paid time off, and more.
10+ years of engineering experience; 5+ years of engineering team management; experience with Agile environments; experience partnering with product/program management; preferred: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, or containers ecosystem experience

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📌 Sr Manager, Software Development, Elastic Container Service (British Columbia)
🏢 Amazon
📍 British Columbia