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Software Development Manager, EC2 Instance Placement

Company

Amazon

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Posted

June 03, 2026

Position Overview

Description
EC2 Instance Placement owns the systems that decide on which physical hosts EC2 instances are placed when they are launched. The systems execute real-time optimizations across a variety of dimensions every time a new EC2 instance is launched.

Your Role and Potential Impact
- Lead a team of Software Development Engineers to build and run the control plane and data streaming systems that drive EC2 instance placement decisions
- Create the vision and drive the roadmap for your team, thinking big about how data can be leveraged to improve how EC2 offers compute power to customers
- Attract and grow hire-performing engineers for your team
- Mentor and coach your team members and foster an inclusive engineering culture
- Maintain a high-level of operational excellence
- Lead and refine the team’s agile software development process

The successful Software Development Manager has solid technical leadership experience and a proven track-record ...

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