Software Development Manager, EC2 Instance Placement

Cape Town, South Africa, South Africa • Posted June 03, 2026

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Posted: June 03, 2026
Category: other-general
Application Deadline: June 08, 2026

Role Description

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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