Wondering if software engineering management is right for you? Discover how to land your first or next software engineering role with Nancy Wang, one of the youngest engineering managers at AWS, and 5 other industry leaders. Learn about common interview questions and how to answer them to prove you’re the best candidate to lead teams at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and startups.
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Learn software engineering management using Amazon Web Services (AWS) methods, with comparisons to methods at Google and Microsoft! Gain insights that will help you impress in your first (or next) engineering management (EM or SDM) role in your career.
Lead presenter Nancy Wang, Director of Engineering and Product and General Manager of Data Protection Services at Amazon Web Services, shares the business, technical, design, and leadership skills required to succeed in engineering management roles at the world’s largest technology companies. These skills will carry you through your entire career.
We’ve dedicated the content of this internship to teaching you how to impress during your next interview. Learn how to anticipate and respond to the most common engineering management interview questions, listed below.
Bring your previous experience as we prepare you to answer the 10 most common engineering management interview questions:
Sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Learn real-world engineering management skills to impress in your first (or next) management role at top engineering organizations. Nancy Wong, Director of Engineering and General Manager of AWS Data Protection Services and Founder of Advancing Women in Technology (AWIT), shares engineering skills developed at Amazon (the second-largest Fortune 500 company), with added insights from Google and Microsoft. Unlock the skills and mindsets that the world’s best engineering managers apply to attract and retain world-class engineering talent.
Sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS). In the previous course, “Leadership Principles for Software Engineers,” we learned how to engage your team and set their goals.
Now, you’ll learn how to personally mentor each team member, raising their individual performance, and ultimately your team’s overall performance, day after day. Nancy Wong shares with you the engineering management skills developed at Amazon, with additions from Google and Microsoft operations. Unlock the skills and mindsets that the world’s best managers apply to turn new candidates into world-class engineers.
Sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS). In the previous course, “Inspiring High Performance in Technical Teams,” you learned how to guide each team member to achieve high personal performance every day.
Now, learn the skills that transcend your team boundaries and enable leading technology companies to deliver the popular products and applications used by a billion people every day. Gordon Yu, Technology Program Manager (TPM) for AWS Data Protection Services, presents the skills needed to manage global programs, drive significant product launches, and design systems architecture. Nancy Wong shares the next steps in a career from line manager to executive director, then general product manager, then engineering director, and CEO.
