Amazon Web Services (AWS) ยท 1 day ago
Software Development Manager, Amazon ElastiCache
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$166K/yr - $288K/yr
7+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a leading cloud platform that is committed to innovation and open source development. They are seeking a Software Development Manager for Amazon ElastiCache to lead a team focused on advancing the Valkey open source project and delivering foundational software for the community and business. The role involves mentoring engineers, managing complex projects, and collaborating with both internal teams and the open source community.
ConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Hire, mentor, and lead a database software development team committed to open source principles and community collaboration
Lead design, implementation, and deployment of successful highly distributed, large-scale services that contribute to both Valkey OSS and Amazon ElastiCache
Serve as the primary interface between the Valkey open source community (including maintainers and TSC) and Amazon ElastiCache, ensuring alignment on technical direction and fostering strong relationships
Identify and lead work on complex, large-scale systems that have major impact on both the open source project and the company
Serve as a lead on demanding, multi-team, cross-functional projects that span internal teams and external open source contributors
Actively participate in hiring and growing talented engineers passionate about open source, assist in career development of others both on and outside your team
Play a critical role in business planning and open source roadmap development, working with Valkey community leaders and internal stakeholders to develop technical goals, business targets, and resource requirements
Participate in Valkey TSC discussions, contribute to project governance, and help shape the future direction of the open source project
Show high levels of creativity and sound judgment in balancing open source community needs with business objectives
Maintain deep understanding of open source trends, distributed systems technology, and in-memory database innovations
Contribute to both Amazon's Intellectual Property and the Valkey open source project through patents, code contributions, and external publications
Qualification
Required
3+ years of engineering team management experience
7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Preferred
Experience in communicating with users, open source community members, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers, with a track record of building teams that contribute to open source projects
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
10001+ employees
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