SoftwareDevelopmentManagerIII,S3Vectors

S3 Vectors is a new (launched re:Invent 2025) serverless vector store that lets you store and query millions of vector embeddings directly within cloud object storage at up to 90% cost savings compared to traditional vector databases. As an SDM on S3 Vectors, you will lead a team of engineers driving fast-paced green field development of foundational services related to this new offering. S3 Vectors: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-vectors-now-generally-available-with-increased-scale-and-performance/ As an SDM in Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3), you will solve exciting problems at incomparable scale. You will help build systems that manage trillions of objects in storage, retrieve them in milliseconds, across tens of thousands of hosts, all while maintaining 99.999999999% (you didn’t read that wrong, that’s 11 nines!) of data durability. Amazon S3 powers businesses, nonprofits, and transformative organizations across the globe that make the lives of people better daily. As an SDM in S3, you will lead and develop teams of talented engineers and leaders to deliver changes to our system that delight our customers, and in turn improve the lives of their customers. Key job responsibilities Key job responsibilities Innovating on lightweight processes to allow for quick iteration in a highly ambiguous space. Driving the day to day sprint work as well as roadmap for your area Collaborating with other engineering leaders to find solutions to brain-contorting problems Developing the careers of your people, actively mentoring them A day in the life You will cultivate a culture of fast-paced innovation with lightweight processes. You will collaborate with product and partner with teams within AWS to deliver product features. The services you will own and build are the foundation of S3 and you will tackle some of the most difficult problems in S3 head-on. In AWS, if you build it, you own it. This means we hold a high bar for test automation, verification, design,