Director AWS, OpenSearch

We are seeking a highly innovative Director of Software Development to lead within the AWS OpenSearch organization a $2.4B service powering search vector and log analytics workloads at a massive scale. This leader will serve as a strategic right-hand to the General Manager driving technical vision agentic-first development practices and product innovation across three core pillars:

Traditional and Agentic Search- powering customer experiences for companies like AirBnb Intuit and Zoom.

Vector Search- enabling LLMs and AI agents to digest chunked data at low latency and scale.
Log Analytics- ingesting and securing customer data including access control and credential management.

This is a transformational leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of deep technology product thinking and customer obsession a leader poised to disrupt how we deliver agentic search products and anticipate the evolving needs of our customers.

Key job responsibilities
Agentic-First Development: Lead the transformation of engineering workflows into an agentic-first model changing how teams develop test and ship code autonomously using AI agents.

Product Engineering (30%): Own the what and how of product engineering design build deploy and support. Drive decisions on what to build and how to ship code fast.

Customer Engagement (20%): Serve as a customer-facing technical leader engaging directly with external customers to deeply understand their needs and translate insights into product direction.

Thought Leadership: Operate as a strong writer and forward thinker leading from the front with published perspectives external presence and a clear vision for adaptive agent-to-agent experiences.

Team Leadership & Scaling: Lead and scale a large distributed engineering organization including teams in India. Build a high-EQ culture that attracts and retains top talent.

Continuous Learning & Innovation: Foster a culture of continuous learning. Look around corners anticipate customer needs build adaptive agent experiences and drive recommendations that evolve with usage.

Technical Strategy: Drive innovation across search vectors and log analytics ensuring OpenSearch remains competitive against other players in the database/analytics/search landscape.

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)

15 years of software development experience

10 years in senior engineering leadership roles

Background in search engines recommendation systems or data analytics platforms.

Experience driving AI/ML-powered or agentic development workflows

Deep technical expertise in databases analytics search or related distributed systems at scale

Proven experience scaling large engineering organizations across multiple geographies

Track record of delivering customer-facing products with high velocity in a fast-moving competitive landscape

Experience leading product engineering from ideation through design build deploy and support

Strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated thought leadership

Track record of leading open-source projects or communities

Experience with vector databases embedding models or LLM infrastructure

Demonstrated ability to operate as a customer-facing technical executive

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