Manager, Search Capacity, Amazon Search

About the role

The Amazon Search team creates customer-focused search solutions and technologies. Whenever a customer visits an Amazon site worldwide and types in a query or browses through product categories, Amazon Search services go to work. We design, develop, and deploy high-performance, fault-tolerant, distributed search systems used by millions of Amazon customers every day.

Responsibilities

• Scale the Amazon Search service by working closely with service owners in engineering and operations to understand the service in depth and drive optimal scaling and computational capacity planning.
• Identify and track key performance metrics around efficiency and costs.
• Manage planning, ordering, and budgeting for hardware and other computational resources.
• Develop and improve tools for automating the foregoing responsibilities wherever possible.
• Analyze resource utilization and performance test data to identify variables impacting performance and scalability.
• Develop models for required hardware resources to meet current and future SLAs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 2+ years of a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science experience.
• 3+ years of people management and team development experience.
• Experience in scripting for automation (e.g., Python) and advanced SQL skills.
• Experience with data visualization using Tableau, Quicksight, or similar tools.
• Experience in technical leadership of large, complex initiatives, and delivering critical solutions, significant improvements, or new mechanisms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or Master's degree or above in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, data science, engineering, or other related field.
• Experience with AWS solutions such as EC2, DynamoDB, S3, and Redshift.
• Experience in data science, business analytics, business intelligence, or similar experience in big data environments.
• Experience analyzing metrics to drive business improvements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

USA, CA, Palo Alto - $188,100.00 - $254,500.00 USD annually.