Software Development Manager, Volume Metadata, EBS

Amazon Web Services is looking for experienced engineering leaders to work with us and define and build the future of computing. The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) service delivers high performance virtualized storage in the cloud for EC2. Durable storage is a key building block for any application and as a member of the EBS youll work alongside exceptional engineers and leaders to develop and operate one of the largest storage services in the world.

We are looking for an innovative engineering manager to own build and grow the key-value database that supports EBS volume I/O and failover protocols. Grow and lead a group that will design develop test and operate large scale distributed systems that runs on several thousands of nodes and can be resilient in different situations like infrastructure failures network partitions etc. As a member of the EBS leadership you will set and meet challenging goals and by working with customers and other leaders throughout AWS. You will guide and shape our long term technical and business strategy.

The ideal candidate will be excited about the incredible opportunity cloud computing represents will be passionate about distributed systems and thrive on building and driving great teams to deliver high quality software. This is a fast paced environment that requires strong technical and business judgment and great communication skills.

Consult the following links to find out more about the exciting work being done in Elastic Block Store.

What is EBS and what do we do
whitepaper on EBS Physalias Architecture - Vogels 2019 keynote on how EBS Physalia reduces blast radius - Amazon Web Services Uses Formal Methods:


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- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 7 years of working directly within engineering teams 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 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
- Enterprise-scale distributed systems
- Experience with distributed consensus protocols like Paxos Raft etc.
- Storage Domain experience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.