manager software engineering Engineering Manager hybrid · Posted Jun 26, 2026

About this role

Amazon is hiring a manager-level Engineering Manager in the software engineering function based in Barcelona, Spain. The posting calls out experience with REST APIs, Microservices, System Design, Distributed Systems.

Role
Engineering Manager
Function
software engineering
Level
manager
Track
hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Work mode
On-site
Department
Software Development
Posted
Jun 26, 2026
AI Summary
Lead a software engineering team in Barcelona building a next-generation payroll platform replacing legacy systems for 1M+ employees across 60+ countries. Drive architecture, delivery, and team development for core platform components. Requires engineering management experience and expertise in multi-tier web services.

Job description

from Amazon careers
Now hiring in sunny Barcelona! Amazon employs more than 1.6 million people worldwide, up 24% year-over-year. In all of history, no company this big has ever grown this fast. There are other large employers, some even bigger. There are other fast-growing companies, some even faster. As the engineering org responsible for building systems that help ensure all Amazonians are paid on time and accurately, we are asked to solve for challenges that no other company faces.

Also, we're Amazonian. Our customers in Payroll expect us to innovate for them. We're building a greenfield near real-time payroll platform — replacing decades of legacy infrastructure to process pay end-to-end for over a million employees across 60+ countries. This spans multiple organizations within Amazon integrating into a single canonical architecture, with engineering teams across multiple geographies. Name another company doing this at this scale. We really are having fun and making history in an area that — let's face it — is probably pretty boring at other companies.

Your job will be to lead a world-class software development team in Barcelona — driving the design and delivery of core platform components from architecture through production, and developing the team that ships them.

Key job responsibilities
You will:
- Build and lead a team of software developers.
- Lead teams to build and support software with the highest standards.
- Support career growth for your team members.
- Understand our customers and build a vision to solve their known and unknown problems.
- Build roadmaps, prioritize work, and deliver your commitments.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in engineering team management
- Experience in engineering
- Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services
- 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 partnering with product and program management teams

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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