Amazon
Manager, Search Capacity, Amazon Search
$188K–$254K
Palo Alto, CA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 24, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of people management and team development; the education alternative requires 2+ years of quantitative-field experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or bachelor’s degree or equivalent; see quantitative-field experience alternative in requirements.
About the job
Leads the Search Capacity team in planning and optimizing computational resources, scaling Amazon Search, and improving capacity-planning tools and processes.
What you'll do
- Partner with engineering and operations service owners to plan scaling and computational capacity.
- Track efficiency and cost metrics; manage hardware and computational resource planning, ordering, and budgeting.
- Analyze utilization and performance data, model hardware needs for current and future SLAs, and automate capacity-planning work.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or a bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus 2+ years of experience in a quantitative field.
- 3+ years of people management and team development experience.
- Experience with scripting for automation (e.g. Python), advanced SQL, and data visualization using Tableau, Quicksight, or similar tools.
- Experience providing technical leadership for large, complex initiatives and delivering critical solutions, significant improvements, or new mechanisms.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a related field.
- Experience with AWS solutions such as EC2, DynamoDB, S3, and Redshift; or data science, analytics, business intelligence, big data, or metrics-driven business improvement.
Pay
188,100.00 - 254,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, Tableau, Quicksight, EC2, DynamoDB, S3, Redshift
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