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Software Development Manager, AWS OpenSearch

Austin, Texas, United StatesFull-time$185k–$250k2026-08-17 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Lead the development of next-generation indexing systems for Amazon OpenSearch, serving millions of users in managed and serverless search and analytics workloads.

Role type

Senior IC Software Development Manager (Search/Indexing Systems)

Builds

OpenSearch Core Foundation Indexing systems for AWS Managed Service and Serverless offerings

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, search, and log analytics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Engineering team management, technical roadmap definition, distributed system architecture, cross-region index replication, operational excellence, stakeholder partnership, talent acquisition and development

Preferred skills

Technical communication with senior leadership, recruiting and mentoring software engineers

Technologies

OpenSearch, distributed indexing systems, multi-tier web services

Responsibilities

Lead and grow an organization of senior engineers; define and execute technical roadmaps; drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed systems; partner with product stakeholders to translate requirements into engineering priorities; establish operational excellence standards; recruit and develop top engineering talent; collaborate across AWS teams on shared infrastructure

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities