Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Technology
SoftwareDevelopmentManager,DistributedSQL(DSQL)ControlPlane
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“Software Development Manager, Distributed SQL (DSQL) Control Plane at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: Distributed SQL, Control Plane, Infrastructure. Lead, hire, mentor, and grow team. Foster culture of ownership”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years engineering team management, 7+ years engineering experience, 8+ years leading web services development, 3+ years Software Engineer experience, 1+ years technical leadership, 1+ years developing distributed software systems, 1+ years developing service-oriented architecture, 1+ years developing distributed programming, Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, Knowledge of engineering practices, Experience partnering with product teams
Nice to Have
Experience communicating with users, Experience communicating with technical teams, Experience communicating with senior leadership, Experience recruiting Software Engineers, Experience hiring Software Engineers, Experience mentoring Software Engineers, Experience coaching Software Engineers, Experience managing Software Engineers
What You'll Do.
Foster culture of ownership
Foster culture of operational excellence
Foster culture of continuous improvement
Coordinate across DSQL organization
Unblock teams in DSQL organization
Deliver customer-facing outcomes
Own region build infrastructure
Ensure new regions stand up reliably
Ensure new regions stand up efficiently
Drive gameday strategy
Execute gameday strategy
Build muscle memory for operational readiness
Own AWS API surface area
Own AWS SDK surface area
Ensure APIs are well-designed
Ensure APIs are consistent with AWS standards
Lead cellular architecture efforts
Design isolation boundaries
Evolve isolation boundaries
Own AWS service integrations
Build monitoring tooling
Evolve monitoring tooling
Build observability tooling
Evolve observability tooling
Rethink code to production path
Re-architect code to production path
Identify bottlenecks in build pipelines
Remove bottlenecks in build pipelines
Identify bottlenecks in test pipelines
Remove bottlenecks in test pipelines
Identify bottlenecks in deployment pipelines
Remove bottlenecks in deployment pipelines
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with every team in DSQL; Cross-team relationships; Drive organizational alignment
Process & Methodology
Software development lifecycle
Full Job Description
This is an important leadership position in the Aurora DSQL organization. We're looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to lead a team of 8-10 SDEs building and operating foundational infrastructure that touches every aspect of the DSQL service. Because your team's scope spans region builds, APIs, deployments, monitoring, and service integrations, you will partner with every team in DSQL — engine, control plane, data plane, and beyond — to deliver results for our customers. Success in this role requires someone who can build strong cross-team relationships, drive alignment across organizational boundaries, and deliver cohesive outcomes from many moving parts. Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed SQL database designed for high availability and strong consistency across multiple AWS Regions. Your team's work will directly impact the reliability, scalability, and operational posture of this service. Key job responsibilities - Lead, hire, mentor, and grow a team of 8-10 SDEs, fostering a culture of ownership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement - Work across every team in the DSQL organization to coordinate, unblock, and deliver customer-facing outcomes that no single team could achieve alone - Own region build infrastructure — ensuring new regions can be stood up reliably and efficiently - Drive gameday strategy and execution, building muscle memory for operational readiness across the team and org - Own AWS API and SDK surface area for DSQL, ensuring APIs are well-designed, consistent with AWS standards, and provide a great developer experience - Lead cellular architecture efforts, designing and evolving the isolation boundaries that underpin DSQL's availability story - Own AWS service integrations (IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, etc.), ensuring DSQL is a first-class citizen in the AWS ecosystem - Build and evolve monitoring and observability tooling that gives the team deep insight into service health - Rethink and re-
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