Amazon OpenSearch is a fully managed and Serverless service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale OpenSearch clusters for log analytics, full-text search, application monitoring, and more. As part of AWS, we serve hundreds of thousands of customers who rely on OpenSearch to power mission-critical search and observability workloads at scale. The Amazon OpenSearch Core Foundation team owns the foundational indexing and search systems powering both OpenSearch Managed Service and Serverless offerings. We are building next-generation systems that support multiple data formats, diverse execution engines, and federated queries across heterogeneous data sources. As a Sr SDM, you will lead the team responsible for developing OpenSearch's next-generation indexing, storage, and metadata — delivering best-in-class price-performance for search and analytics workloads. You will drive the technical vision and execution for systems that serve both managed and Serverless customers at scale, shaping how millions of users index, store, and query their data. Key job responsibilities - Lead and grow a multi-team organization of senior engineers and engineering managers focused on OpenSearch Core Foundation systems, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and customer obsession. - Define and execute technical roadmaps for OpenSearch Core Foundation systems, balancing near-term customer needs with long-term architectural investments. - Drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed iCore Foundation systems, including index and storage build pipelines, consistency models, and cross-region index replication. - Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate customer requirements into engineering priorities, ensuring the team delivers features that have measurable customer impact. - Establish operational excellence standards for the OpenSearch Core Foundation systems, including availability, latency, and durability targets, and lead the team in meeting and exceeding those targets. - Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent; build a diverse, high-performing organization with a strong pipeline of future leaders. - Collaborate across OpenSearch and AWS with peer SDMs and Directors to align on shared infrastructure, resolve cross-team dependencies, and contribute to org-wide engineering strategy. - Communicate complex technical strategies clearly to senior leadership.