Amazon

Senior Software Development Manager, DynamoDB

Amazon$220K — $297K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of engineering experience
  • 5+ years of engineering team management experience
  • 10+ years of planning, designing, developing, and delivering consumer software
  • Experience working with product or program management teams
  • Ability to manage multiple projects in an Agile environment

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a multi-team organization of senior engineers
  • Define and execute a 1-3 year technical roadmap for indexing
  • Drive architectural decisions for distributed indexing systems
  • Translate customer requirements into engineering priorities
  • Establish standards for operational excellence in indexing
  • Recruit and develop top engineering talent
  • Collaborate across teams to align on shared infrastructure
  • Represent the organization in senior leadership reviews

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Access to mental health support services
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Software Development Manager to lead DynamoDB's Indexing organization. In this role, you will own the technical vision, roadmap, and execution for DynamoDB's indexing infrastructure, including Global Secondary Indexes, and next-generation customer-facing index build capabilities. You will lead a team of senior engineers and engineering managers, driving innovation that directly shapes how millions of customers access and query their data.

This is a high-impact role that sits at the intersection of distributed systems engineering, customer experience, and long-term platform strategy. You will partner closely with DynamoDB's Storage, Replication, and Control Plane teams, as well as AWS leadership, to define and deliver a multi-year indexing roadmap that raises the bar on performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Key job responsibilities

- Lead and grow a multi-team organization of senior engineers and engineering managers focused on DynamoDB indexing systems, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and customer obsession.

- Define and execute a 1-3 year technical roadmap for DynamoDB indexing, balancing near-term customer needs with long-term architectural investments.

- Drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed indexing systems, including index build pipelines, consistency models, and cross-region index replication.

- Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate customer requirements into engineering priorities, ensuring the team delivers features that have measurable customer impact.

- Establish operational excellence standards for the indexing platform, including availability, latency, and durability targets, and lead the team in meeting and exceeding those targets.

- Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent; build a diverse, high-performing organization with a strong pipeline of future leaders.

- Collaborate across DynamoDB and AWS with peer SDMs and Directors to align on shared infrastructure, resolve cross-team dependencies, and contribute to org-wide engineering strategy.

- Represent the Indexing organization in senior leadership reviews, communicating progress, risks, and strategic direction with clarity and confidence.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 10+ years of engineering experience

- 5+ years of engineering team management experience

- 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience

- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams

- Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually

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