Drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed iCore Foundation systems, including index and storage build pipelines, consistency models, and cross-region index replication.
Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate customer requirements into engineering priorities, ensuring the team delivers features that have measurable customer impact.
Establish operational excellence standards for the OpenSearch Core Foundation systems, including availability, latency, and durability targets, and lead the team in meeting and exceeding those targets.
Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent; build a diverse, high-performing organization with a strong pipeline of future leaders.
Collaborate across OpenSearch and AWS with peer SDMs and Directors to align on shared infrastructure, resolve cross-team dependencies, and contribute to org-wide engineering strategy.
Communicate complex technical strategies clearly to senior leadership.
10+ years of engineering experience
5+ years of engineering team management experience
10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
Experience partnering with product and program management teams
Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications
Experience in developing data infrastructure, search or similar large-scale data management systems
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