Software Development Manager

Annapurna Labs, an Amazon company, is looking for a Software Development Manager to lead our Chip HAL team, which is responsible for building the next generation of networking products. We are seeking a candidate who can drive the development of critical hardware abstraction layers and boot firmware that power the world's largest cloud provider.
You will lead a team focused primarily on pre-silicon development activities, responsible for creating foundational firmware components including:

* Hardware abstraction layers for CPU interfaces and system interconnects
* Ethernet link management
* DDR driver development and memory initialization
* PCIe subsystem drivers
* Bootrom and secure boot flow implementation

As part of your role, you will lead a team of embedded software engineers working on code that forms the foundation of AWS's infrastructure. Your team's code enables the basic functionality of our custom silicon, running on millions of servers worldwide.

You will work in a dynamic, open, fast-paced environment, collaborating with multiple disciplines across hardware, firmware, and software teams globally. This is a unique opportunity to lead the development of fundamental technology that enables AWS's cloud infrastructure at unprecedented scale.
Join us in building the heart of the network engine that powers Amazon's global infrastructure.

About the team
Utility Computing (UC) - AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

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- Bachelor's degree
- 6+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 6+ years of experience with C programming

- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- 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 managing a team of high calibre Software Engineers developing complex, world class, scalable software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience leading pre-silicon development activities and hardware bring-up

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