Director of Open Data Analytics Engines

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

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.