Director of Engineering for Open Data Analytics Engines, Data Processing & Experience

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Redmond, WA, seeks a Director of Engineering for AWS Open Data Analytics Engines.

Lead a team building high-performance analytics services on open-source engines, shaping product strategy, and delivering scalable cloud-based data processing. You will drive design, implementation, testing, and deployment across batch, interactive, and real-time workloads, mentoring engineers and aligning with executive targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 10+ years in mission-critical system software
• 5+ years leading engineering teams; experience with distributed systems and analytics platforms
• Experience with cloud-based analytics tech and open-source engines

Responsibilities

• Grow and lead a software development organization for AWS analytics services
• Drive design, implementation, testing and deployment of managed analytics services
• Own strategy and roadmap for engine efficiency, query planning and performance
• Mentor senior engineers and managers, contribute hands-on technical work
• Collaborate with executives on business targets and resource planning

Skills

Distributed systems

Large-scale data processing

Team leadership

Bachelor's degree in CS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Advanced degree (MS/PhD or MBA)

Tools

Spark

Presto/Trino

Flink

Hive

Job description

Description

AWS Open Data Analytics Engines is a suite of fully managed, high-performance analytics services built on popular open-source frameworks, enabling customers to process, analyze, and derive insights from massive datasets with speed, flexibility, and cost efficiency. Open Data Analytics Engines make it easy for organizations to run petabyte-scale analytics using familiar open-source tools without the operational burden of managing infrastructure.

AWS Open Data Analytics Engines encompasses services purpose-built for large-scale data processing, interactive querying, real-time streaming, and machine learning workloads. The platform leverages open-source engines such as Apache Spark, Presto/Trino, Apache Flink, and Apache Hive, delivering seamless integration with the broader AWS ecosystem. Compute and storage are decoupled, enabling elastic scaling, fine-grained cost optimization, and support for diverse data lake architectures.

As Director of Engineering for Open Data Analytics Engines, you will lead a group of top talent in advancing the strategy and technical roadmap for innovations in engine efficiency, query planning and optimization, features, and performance. You'll drive the design, development, and operation of next-generation open-source analytics services on AWS, shaping the future of how customers run large-scale queries in the cloud.

Key job responsibilities

• Grow and lead a software development organization responsible for building key AWS analytics services based on open-source engines.
• Drive the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of managed analytics services spanning batch processing, interactive queries, and real-time streaming.
• Own the strategy and technical roadmap for innovations in engine efficiency, query planning and optimization, and performance — setting the direction for how AWS advances the state of the art in open-source analytics.
• Draw from your deep and broad technical and management expertise to mentor senior engineers and managers, complete hands‑on technical work, and provide leadership on complex technical issues, design tradeoffs, and feature and schedule prioritization.
• Work with senior executives to develop business targets and resource requirements, influence technical and business strategy, hire talented engineers and managers, and conceive innovative new solutions for customers.

A day in the life

• Work on industry‑defining products in the rapidly evolving open‑source data analytics space
• Solve challenging problems in query planning and optimization, distributed query execution, stream processing, resource scheduling, and performance at cloud scale
• Build products that deliver the power of open‑source analytics with the reliability, security, and ease‑of‑use customers expect from AWS
• Work for a company that is a recognized leader in cloud computing
• Be involved in the fast‑growing cloud analytics and data lake market
• Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for the future of open‑source analytics on AWS

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years in the development of mission‑critical system software, including work on distributed systems, large‑scale data processing, or analytics platforms
• 5+ years managing engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years partnering with sales, marketing, and customer success teams
• Experience developing and deploying cloud‑based analytics technology, particularly services built on open‑source frameworks (Spark, Presto/Trino, Flink, Hive)
• Deep knowledge of query planning and optimization, whether gained through distributed query engines or relational databases along with resource scheduling, data lake architectures, and performance tuning at petabyte scale
• Experience operating services at global scale with stringent latency, throughput, and availability requirements
• Advanced degree: Masters or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or MBA or similar business qualification

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USA, WA, Redmond - 264,100.00 - 350,000.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Job ID: A10478570