About this role
Manage the Stream Management engineering organization for Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), owning distributed systems for live stream lifecycle management and related operational tooling. You will define technical strategy, drive operational excellence, and grow high-performing teams in partnership with product and principal engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute technical strategies for Amazon IVS features
- Own operational excellence including incident response, deployment, and monitoring
- Drive hiring, retention, and development of engineering talent
- Partner with Product Management and Principal Engineers to shape product vision and priorities
- Manage complex technical dependencies and integration points while optimizing cost
Technical Overview
The role focuses on distributed systems that manage live stream lifecycle and video workflow task placement, plus operational tools for safely operating highly available global data plane services. It requires strong operational excellence across incident response, monitoring systems, and deployment practices, along with service architecture and integration management across AWS availability zones.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a Software Development Manager for Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) focused on Stream Management. They have 3+ years managing engineering teams and strong experience designing and operating distributed systems for live stream lifecycle management, with proven operational excellence around incident response, monitoring, and deployments.
Must-Have Skills
engineering team management experiencetechnical strategy definition and executionoperational excellence across servicesimprove incident response/managementimprove deployment practicesimprove monitoring systemspartner with Product Managementpartner with Principal Engineersmanage complex technical dependencies and integration points across servicesdrive cost optimization and efficiency improvements while maintaining service quality
Nice-to-Have Skills
experience in stream lifecycle managementexperience with video workflow task placementexperience with operational tools for global data plane services
Tools & Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Required Skills
engineering team managementdistributed systemsstream lifecycle managementvideo workflow task placementoperational toolsoperational excellenceincident response/managementdeployment practicesmonitoring systemsservice design and architecturecost optimizationtechnical dependencies and integration pointsproduct management partnership
Hard Skills
engineering team managementdistributed systemsstream lifecycle managementvideo workflow task placementoperational toolsservice design and architectureincident response/managementdeployment practicesmonitoring systemsservice operations for highly available global data plane servicesAWS availability zones operationscost optimizationefficiency improvementsintegration points across servicestechnical dependencies managementtechnical strategies deliverybalancing customer needs and business prioritieshiring and talent developmentcoaching and mentorship
Soft Skills
collaborate with peer managerscollaborate with principal engineerspartner with product managementcross-functional stakeholder managementgrow and manage talentdrive hiringretentionand development of engineering talentlead and coach teamscommunicate technical decisionscustomer-obsessed solutions
Keywords for Your Resume
Software Development ManagerStream ManagementAmazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)Amazon IVSAWSAmazon Web Servicesdistributed systemsstream lifecycle managementvideo workflow task placementoperational toolsoperational excellenceincident responsedeployment practicesmonitoring systemshighly available global data plane servicesAWS availability zonesservice designservice architecturetechnical dependenciesintegration pointscost optimizationefficiency improvementsProduct ManagementPrincipal Engineerscross-functional
Deal Breakers
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or foreign equivalent), 3+ years of engineering team management experience, Experience owning operational excellence across services (incident response, monitoring, deployment practices)
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