Cecile Cruz

Software Development Manager @ Amazon | Project Management, Leadership

Santa Cruz, California, United States

About

Software Development Manger at Amazon, with over 20+ years of experience in software development, project management, and team leadership. I currently lead a cross-functional and distributed team of software engineers, QA, and Technical Program Management. As an engineering owner of the backend services and infrastructure that powers the Amazon Seller app, I drive Engineering Operational Excellence best practices, ensuring we meet our goals on service resiliency, latency, security risks, mandatory service upgrades/migrations, overall host and service health, and app stability and legal compliance. As a people manager, I foster a collaborative culture that celebrates and leverages the unique strengths and perspectives of each team member, empowering them to deliver impactful solutions to our 1.4M+ monthly active Seller app users spanning 23 marketplaces worldwide. My professional journey reflects a strong commitment to driving processes and mechanisms that optimize efficiencies and enable accelerated builder innovation. I am a mission-driven leader dedicated to creating environments that empower teams to excel and deliver results through thoughtful leadership and strategic direction.

Experience

  • Amazon (Full-time · 10 yrs 3 mos)
    • Software Development Manager
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Sr. Technical Program Manager
      Dec 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs

    • Senior Software Development Engineer
      Jul 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Senior Software Engineer at Fullpower Technologies
    Oct 2011 - Mar 2016 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Senior Systems Engineer - Development at Syniverse Technologies
    Dec 2009 - Jun 2010 · 7 mos

    Syniverse acquired VeriSign unit in 2009.

  • Engineer at VeriSign
    May 2005 - Dec 2009 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    VeriSign acquired LightSurf in 2005.

  • UI Developer at LightSurf
    Jan 2002 - May 2005 · 3 yrs 5 mos