Amazon
Software Dev Manager, DDB Index and Search
$185K–$250K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience; 7+ years of engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads a team building DynamoDB’s native vector, full-text, and hybrid search capabilities, from architecture and evaluation through production launch.
What you'll do
- Own the team’s roadmap, engineering execution, and production readiness; hire and develop engineers.
- Guide architecture and delivery of search indexes, retrieval algorithms, distributed query execution, and ranking.
- Establish evaluation practices for recall, relevance, latency, and cost, and ensure safe rollout and reliable operations.
What they ask for
- Knowledge of engineering practices across the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, testing, and livesite operations.
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
- Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams.
- Experience leading architecture and delivery of distributed databases, storage systems, replication, or transaction infrastructure, and delivering substantial changes across teams while maintaining production reliability.
Nice to have
- Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership about requirements, product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
- Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing Software Engineers.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
DynamoDB
AI focus
Builds vector, full-text, and hybrid search capabilities supporting semantic discovery, recommendations, and retrieval for generative AI applications.
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