Software Dev Manager III, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of
existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses,
and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead build
engineering and release management for Customer Terminal (CT) software within
the Skynet organization. In this role, you will own the end-to-end software
delivery pipeline for Customer Terminals — from build system design and
automation to release qualification, OTA deployment, and mainline health
governance.

You will manage a team of software development engineers responsible for
designing, building, and maintaining scalable build infrastructure, release
pipelines, and automation frameworks that support CT software delivery at scale.
You will partner closely with firmware, systems, test, and program management
teams across Skynet and adjacent organizations to drive high-quality, on-time
software releases.

Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S.
citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder),
or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• Knowledge 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 livesite operations
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Can communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Experience managing software releases for embedded or hardware-dependent systems

Nice To Haves

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• 5+ years of satellite communications ground systems and operations experience
• Experience building and managing teams
• Experience with OTA (over-the-air) software update systems for hardware devices
• Experience with release management frameworks across multiple concurrent software release trains
• Track record of reducing build and release cycle times through automation and process improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers focused on CT build engineering and release management, establishing team mission, roadmap, and operating mechanisms
• Own the CT software build pipeline, including build system architecture, versionset governance, and artifact management
• Drive end-to-end release management processes: release branch creation, build qualification, SRM (Software Release Management) execution, and OTA deployment coordination
• Define and enforce release readiness criteria, mainline health standards, and release gating policies in collaboration with software and systems teams
• Establish and improve automation frameworks to reduce manual toil, accelerate build cycle times, and increase release cadence
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including firmware, hardware, test, and program management, to align release schedules and resolve blocking issues
• Manage release risk through structured bug scrubs, critical issue triage, and patch build processes for time-sensitive deployments
• Drive continuous improvement in build reliability, pipeline observability, and release velocity through data-driven mechanisms
• Represent the CT build and release function in cross-organizational planning and roadmap discussions

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed