Director, Cloud Networking & Distributed Systems

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 264,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs (restricted stock units)

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Director of Software Development to lead a large engineering organization within AWS Network Engineering.

You will own technical strategy, execution, and operational excellence for networking systems at scale. This is a builder role overseeing multiple locations, driving innovation across distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure, with a focus on reliability, security, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of software development experience
• 10+ years of managing a team
• 5+ years of managing managers
• Experience building and running highly available, large-scale, distributed systems - externally facing product or service
• Proven ability to lead across multiple locations

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical strategy and roadmap for a critical domain within AWS Network Engineering
• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization of engineers across multiple locations
• Drive architectural decisions for highly available, large-scale distributed systems
• Partner cross-functionally with hardware engineering, network operations, product management, and science teams
• Establish and maintain the highest standards for system reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency
• Drive operational excellence including on-call culture, incident response, and continuous improvement of availability metrics

Skills

15+ years software development

10+ years managing a team

5+ years managing managers

Experience leading across locations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Director of Software Development to lead a large engineering organization within AWS Network Engineering.

You will own technical strategy, execution, and operational excellence for networking systems at scale. This is a builder role overseeing multiple locations, driving innovation across distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure, with a focus on reliability, security, and cost efficiency.