Software Development Manager, Contra
Core
Lead engineering team (~10-12 SDEs) owning the search, indexing, and data distribution platform powering inventory management for Amazon's Selling Partners.
Role type
Senior IC software development manager (distributed systems)
Builds
High-scale distributed search clusters, data ingestion pipelines, and APIs serving 7K+ queries per second for 250+ clients
Domain
E-commerce / Distributed Systems / Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering team management, distributed systems architecture, multi-tier web services design, operational excellence, cross-functional alignment, incident response, technical strategy
Preferred skills
Stakeholder communication, recruiting and mentoring, requirement gathering, product strategy definition
Technologies
AWS, distributed search clusters, data ingestion systems, automation tooling
Responsibilities
Drive technical vision and architecture for large-scale distributed systems; Own end-to-end delivery and operational health of the platform; Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team; Manage cross-organizational alignment between business requirements and technical constraints; Establish technical best practices and reduce operational toil through automation