Software Development Manager - AWS Glue, Glue and GenAI for Data Processing

DESCRIPTION:

Are you a technical leader who wants to build AI agents that solve real problems for data engineers at scale?

We're hiring a Software Development Manager to lead a team building agentic AI systems across AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, and Amazon Athena - some of AWS's largest analytics services, powering hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide.

What You'll Own:

Spark Upgrade & Migration Agents
Our agentic AI turns 6-12 month Spark version upgrades into weeks - through automated code transformation, conversational interfaces, and rigorous data quality validation. Enterprise customers are already using it across hundreds of workloads. We're expanding into broader SQL migration across AWS Analytics services (Athena, SparkSQL, Redshift) over the next 2-3 years.

Learn more: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/introducing-apache-spark-upgrade-agent-for-amazon-emr/

Managed Analytics MCP Service
A fully managed Model Context Protocol server providing AI assistants (Kiro, Claude, Cline) and agents secure access to Spark upgrade, migration, troubleshooting, and code recommendation tools. Built on JSON-RPC with IAM-based permissions and CloudTrail auditability.

Why This Role:

- This is a 0→1 product area expanding in scope - you'll shape the roadmap for AI-powered developer tools across AWS Analytics
- We went from idea to GA in under a year; the pace is real
- You'll work directly with enterprise customers and partner with senior leadership on strategy
- Clear path to scale your team and impact as we build new agent capabilities

What You'll Do:

- Lead and grow an engineering team building AI agents for Analytics
- Own design, implementation, testing, and deployment end-to-end
- Drive technical decisions at the intersection of GenAI, distributed systems, big data, and machine learning
- Mentor engineers on complex technical trade-offs and career growth
- Partner with senior executives on business targets, resource planning, and technical strategy
- Hire and develop top engineering talent

This role is for technical leaders who want to ship production AI systems to millions of AWS customers - not manage from the sidelines.

A day in the life
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, East Palo Alto - 212,700.00 - 287,700.00 USD annually