Amazon
Software Development Manager, AWS OpenSearch
$185K–$250K
Austin, TX · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years engineering team management; 7+ years working directly within engineering teams; 3+ years system design or architecture; 8+ years leading multi tier web services.
About the job
Leads the team building next-generation indexing systems for Amazon OpenSearch Managed Service and Serverless, setting technical direction and delivering scalable search and analytics capabilities.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop an organization of engineers responsible for OpenSearch Core Foundation indexing.
- Set technical roadmaps and make architectural decisions for distributed indexing systems, consistency, and cross-region replication.
- Partner across product and AWS teams to deliver customer-impacting features and meet operational targets.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams.
- 3+ years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 8+ years of experience leading the definition and development of multi tier web services; knowledge of the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle; experience partnering with product or program management teams.
Nice to have
- Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership about requirements, designs, and product strategy.
- Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing software engineering teams.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
OpenSearch
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