SoftwareDevelopmentManager,AWSDynamoDB

Are you passionate about enabling one of the world's most critical database services at scale? The DynamoDB Capacity and Customer Entitlement team is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead our mission-critical capacity management initiatives. You'll guide a high-performing engineering team in solving complex problems that directly impact millions of customers worldwide, balancing business requirements with innovative software solutions while working across DynamoDB, external stakeholder teams and customers. This role offers the unique opportunity to influence organizational strategy and drive operational excellence through data-driven capacity management. You'll be at the forefront of ensuring DynamoDB maintains its legendary reliability and performance while optimizing infrastructure costs and enabling sustainable growth for one of Amazon's most foundational services. Key job responsibilities - Lead and mentor a team of engineers to streamline DynamoDB fleet planning, capacity scaling operations, and capacity optimization initiatives that support millions of customer workloads - Drive strategic decision-making by partnering with DynamoDB leadership, Finance, and hardware providing teams to deliver actionable insights and data required for key trade-off decisions - Balance complex technical and business requirements while collaborating with internal stakeholders across multiple organizations to deliver scalable software solutions - Establish team vision, roadmaps, and architectural decisions that align with long-term organizational goals and customer needs - Create mechanisms for continuous improvement in capacity management processes, operational efficiency, and team performance while maintaining high engineering standards A day in the life Your day begins by reviewing capacity utilization metrics and fleet health across DynamoDB's global infrastructure. You'll lead team standups to coordinate ongoing optimization projects, then dive into strategic planning