Software Development Manager

Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited
📍 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 💼 full-time 🕒 Posted June 28, 2026

Job 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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Job Details

  • Location Cape Town, Western Cape
  • Job Type full-time
  • Category Computer Occupations
  • Posted Date June 28, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 07, 2026