Amazon
Director of Engineering for Open Data Analytics Engines, Data Processing & Experience
$264K–$350K
Redmond, WA · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in mission-critical system software development; 5+ years managing engineering teams. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent work experience. Preferred: Master's or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or MBA or similar business qualification.
About the job
Leads the engineering organization and roadmap for AWS managed analytics services built on open-source engines, spanning batch processing, interactive queries, and real-time streaming.
What you'll do
- Grow and lead the software development organization building AWS analytics services based on open-source engines.
- Direct the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of managed analytics services and their technical roadmap.
- Mentor engineers and managers, set business targets and resource needs with senior executives, and influence technical and business strategy.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years developing mission-critical system software, including distributed systems, large-scale data processing, or analytics platforms.
- 5+ years managing engineering teams.
Nice to have
- 5+ years partnering with sales, marketing, and customer success teams.
- Experience with cloud-based analytics, query optimization, data lake architectures, global-scale services, or performance tuning at petabyte scale; advanced degree or MBA.
Pay
USD 264,100.00 - 350,000.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Apache Spark, Presto/Trino, Apache Flink, Apache Hive
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