Software Development Manager - Vector & Hybrid Search

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon DynamoDB is building native vector search, full-text search, and hybrid retrieval. You will lead engineers at the intersection of distributed databases, information retrieval, and AI infrastructure, shaping an ambitious new capability from foundational architecture to production readiness.

You will own the team roadmap, drive architectural decisions, hire and develop engineers, and ensure robust delivery that improves customer search over operational data without a separate search stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering, math, or related field.
• 3+ years managing engineering teams
• 7+ years engineering experience
• Experience delivering distributed databases/storage systems
• Experience leading architecture and delivery of database infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering team building vector, full-text, and hybrid search.
• Own the technical roadmap and milestones for delivery.
• Guide architecture for vector and text indexes and update strategies.
• Lead query planning and execution across partitions.
• Establish evaluation practices for recall, latency, and cost.
• Partner with storage and database teams to support search during data changes.
• Make staffing decisions and ensure testing and rollout plans.
• Own production readiness and team health, observability, and on-call practices.

Skills

Engineering team management

Engineering experience

Distributed databases

Search algorithms

Leadership

Delivery of architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Amazon DynamoDB is building native vector search, full-text search, and hybrid retrieval. You will lead engineers at the intersection of distributed databases, information retrieval, and AI infrastructure, shaping an ambitious new capability from foundational architecture to production readiness.

You will own the team roadmap, drive architectural decisions, hire and develop engineers, and ensure robust delivery that improves customer search over operational data without a separate search stack.