Manager, Software Development - AWS In-Memory Databases

About the Role

Amazon Web Services offers massive-scale NoSQL services like DynamoDB and ElastiCache, underpinning major global enterprises. We develop some of the world's largest distributed systems and seek an exceptional leader to helm a new caching database service for AWS. The role requires a blend of passion for distributed caching technology and people leadership.

In this leadership position, you'll be responsible for the full lifecycle — from design and development to deployment — of advanced database services. You will guide architectural and technical decisions, partner closely with product management to align business and technical goals, and mentor engineers while also conducting hands-on development to resolve complex challenges.

Your remit will include managing an engineering team, spearheading strategic projects, delivering scalable distributed systems, pioneering cutting-edge database technologies, and playing a vital role in shaping AWS's market competitiveness and growth.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of database software engineers.
• Drive the design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of extensive distributed services at scale.
• Identify and manage complex, impactful projects spanning multiple teams with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Participate actively in talent acquisition and support career growth across teams and managers.
• Collaborate on broad business and long-term technical strategies with senior leadership, contributing to resource planning and business objective setting.
• Make sound, innovative technical decisions with consistent creativity and judgment.
• Interpret and incorporate the company's wider business context into technical decisions.
• Stay informed about emerging industry trends and technologies.
• Contribute to Amazon’s intellectual property portfolio through patents and publications.

Team and Company Context

This role is part of the Database Services team within AWS Utility Computing (UC), which delivers innovations ranging from foundational services such as S3 and EC2, to new service offerings in Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, and more. The team supports specialized enterprise cloud security solutions through Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC).

Diversity and Inclusion

AWS fosters a culture of inclusion, embracing diverse experiences beyond traditional career paths and encouraging applicants to apply regardless of meeting every listed qualification.

Employee Experience

AWS prioritizes mentorship, continuous learning, career advancement, and work-life balance, promoting collaboration, curiosity, and flexibility to support success both professionally and personally.

Minimum Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of software/hardware/network engineering life cycles, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build, testing, certification, and operational reliability.
• Proven track record managing engineering teams.
• Extensive hands-on engineering experience.
• Experience leading design and development of multi-tier web services.
• History of collaboration with product and program managers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills with users, technical teams, and senior leadership regarding requirements, technical designs, and product strategy.
• Experience recruiting, hiring, coaching, mentoring, and managing software engineer teams to enhance their performance.

Additional Information

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Hiring decisions are based on skills and experience. The company values innovation, simplicity, and customer obsession. Privacy and data security of applicants are paramount. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with disabilities during the hiring process.