Senior TPM: Open Data Analytics Engines

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Technical Program Manager within the Open Data Analytics (ODA) organization to drive cross-team programs spanning release automation, query engine development, and datalake integrations across AWS EMR, AWS Glue, and Amazon Athena.

You will coordinate complex schedules, manage risks, and partner with engineering leaders to balance new capabilities with reliability and security while delivering measurable customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical program management experience.
• Experience working with software engineering teams.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional programs and release schedules.
• Ability to define and track program metrics and milestones.
• Strong communication and risk mitigation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive cross-team program execution for release automation, engine performance, and datalake integration initiatives spanning Amazon EMR, AWS Glue, and Amazon Athena.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules across the Fundamentals and Engines teams, tracking milestones, dependencies, and critical path items across release pipeline modernization, region expansion, and engine optimization workstreams.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that span team boundaries — escalating early when release pipeline issues threaten downstream engine delivery or when upstream open-source changes impact release timelines.
• Define program metrics and mechanisms (WBRs, dashboards, program reviews) to measure release velocity, pipeline reliability, engine performance benchmarks, and operational toil reduction.
• Drive region build programs end-to-end, coordinating infrastructure readiness, release validation, and service launch activities across multiple AWS regions and deployment modes (EC2, EKS, Serverless).
• Coordinate open-source integration programs, ensuring that upstream contributions to Apache Spark, Trino, and Apache Iceberg are tracked, reviewed, and merged in alignment with internal release cadences.
• Partner with engineering leaders to facilitate technical trade-off discussions, helping teams balance new capability development against reliability, security patching, and operational debt reduction.
• Author and deliver written narratives (OP documents, business reviews, program status updates) to communicate progress, risks, and resource needs to senior leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement in release processes by identifying bottlenecks, proposing automation opportunities, and establishing mechanisms that prevent recurring issues.

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering collaboration

Software development experience

Cross-functional coordination

Release schedule management

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Technical Program Manager within the Open Data Analytics (ODA) organization to drive cross-team programs spanning release automation, query engine development, and datalake integrations across AWS EMR, AWS Glue, and Amazon Athena.

You will coordinate complex schedules, manage risks, and partner with engineering leaders to balance new capabilities with reliability and security while delivering measurable customer outcomes.