Director of Software Development
Application deadline: Sep 19, 2026
About the role
Amazon Web Services is seeking a Director of Software Development to lead a team across North America and Europe building systems for cooling, power, telemetry and monitoring, and operational visibility across AWS' global data centers. In this role you will work backwards from a diverse set of engineering and operational use cases, and partner with leaders and builders across our data center ecosystem - from design engineering and mechanical/electrical engineering to controls engineering and engineering operations technicians. You will lead conceptualization of new software systems and evolution of existing software services, and deliver results through software development teams. You will partner with peer leaders across the broader data center team to align on strategic direction, and serve as a technical advisory voice to influence senior infrastructure leadership. And, of course, you will also be a people leader focused on hiring and growth of leaders and engineers on your team.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team across North America and Europe building systems for cooling, power, telemetry and monitoring, and operational visibility across AWS' global data centers.
- Work backwards from a diverse set of engineering and operational use cases.
- Partner with leaders and builders across the data center ecosystem (design engineering, mechanical/electrical engineering, controls engineering, engineering operations technicians).
- Lead conceptualization of new software systems and evolution of existing software services.
- Deliver results through software development teams.
- Partner with peer leaders across the broader data center team to align on strategic direction.
- Serve as a technical advisory voice to influence senior infrastructure leadership.
- Focus on hiring and growth of leaders and engineers on your team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of software development experience
- 10+ years in senior engineering leadership roles
- 10+ years experience driving long-term engineering and product decisions
- Track record of delivering innovative cloud-based applications
- Proven ability to hire and develop an inclusive organization
- Experience scaling diverse, highly dynamic, and fast-growing technical