Software Development Manager, RDS MySQL, MariaDB

The AWS Relational Database Service is a fast growing AWS business providing automated relational database management in the cloud. Customers can set up a new database with just a few clicks and complex administrative tasks like scaling fail-over and monitoring are all automatically handled by our control systems.
Amazon RDS Open Source is an exciting area of innovation for AWS. We are helping customers have performance availability and durability with open source databases with managed benefits of RDS.
The systems we build manage huge numbers of databases and our service is growing fast requiring constant innovations in our systems in order to handle the next order of magnitude in service scale.
We are looking for a high-growth engineering leader ready to take on empires (and win!).

Key job responsibilities
To Succeed In This Role You Will Be
A hiring genius our business is growing fast. With your help we will scale the engineering organization to meet the demands of our customers. You may find yourself wandering the streets wearing a hiring sandwich-board. More likely you will find yourself traveling the world seeking top tech talent from every corner of the globe. You will find yourself organizing tech talks and spreading the word that opportunity is here to stay.
A technical wizard reliability is core to our brand. Our code is deployed to millions of servers around the world. Our services are built to survive large-scale hardware and software failures. Our customers quite literally bet their businesses on our technology. They expect the best and we aim to deliver nothing less. You will find yourself pushing the envelope on designing systems of scale. You will find yourself working amongst worlds leading industry experts on game-changing technology. You will find yourself humbled every day by what you learn.
A ambassador extraordinaire trust is core to our brand. RDS customers love to speak with us about: vision/roadmap feature requests support concerns and generally all things AWS. Our engineering leaders meet regularly with internal and external customers in all their various shapes and sizes.


- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of engineering 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

- 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

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The base salary for this position ranges from $171400/year up to $286200/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.