Sr. Manager, Software Dev, OpenSearch
Core
Lead the team developing next-generation indexing, storage, and metadata systems for Amazon OpenSearch to deliver best-in-class price-performance for search and analytics workloads.
Role type
Senior Manager, Software Development (OpenSearch Core Foundation)
Builds
OpenSearch Managed Service and Serverless offerings (indexing, storage, metadata systems)
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed search, log analytics, observability
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering team management, technical roadmap definition, distributed system architecture, stakeholder partnership, operational excellence, talent acquisition and development, cross-team collaboration, strategic communication
Preferred skills
Large-scale high-traffic application design, data infrastructure development, search system development
Technologies
OpenSearch, distributed systems, serverless architecture
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a multi-team organization of senior engineers and engineering managers; Define and execute technical roadmaps for OpenSearch Core Foundation systems; Drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed systems; Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into engineering priorities; Establish operational excellence standards for system availability, latency, and durability; Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent; Collaborate across OpenSearch and AWS to align on shared infrastructure and resolve dependencies; Communicate complex technical strategies to senior leadership.