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Director SDE CloudWatch Omni

Amazon.com Inc
  • Bellevue, WA
    7 days ago

    Job Description

    Amazon CloudWatch is AWS"s native monitoring and observability service - the default infrastructure monitoring tool for millions of AWS customers. While CloudWatch excels at attaching to AWS services, the broader observability market has shifted toward end-to-end, application-centric, and agent-centric experiences led by vendors. Many customers are choosing these third-party tools for their multi-cloud and application-layer observability needs.

    CloudWatch Omni is AWS"s strategic answer - a ground-up rebuild of the CloudWatch experience designed to deliver multi-cloud, application-centric, and agent-centric observability. Omni tackles modern use cases including AI agent monitoring, distributed application tracing, and cross-cloud visibility, positioning CloudWatch to compete as a leading full-stack observability vendor. V1 just launched, and if successful, Omni will help grow CloudWatch even further.

    As Director of Software Development for CloudWatch Omni, you will own the full product capability - the experience layer, the services that back it, and the APIs that define it. You will shape the technical architecture and product experience to transform CloudWatch from an infrastructure monitoring tool into a market-leading observability platform. This is a greenfield initiative with startup-like autonomy, backed by the scale and resources of AWS. You will lead a combination of rapid customer-driven iteration on V1, new greenfield capabilities, and go-to-market partnerships to drive adoption and competitive differentiation against established observability vendors.

    Key job responsibilities

    Own the end-to-end CloudWatch Omni product capability - experience, services, and APIs - driving the technical architecture and product decisions that position CloudWatch as a leading observability vendor.

    Drive rapid iteration on V1 based on direct customer feedback, working backwards to deliver an application-centric and agent-centric observability experience that wins against established competitors.

    Shape the strategic direction of how the product and market are evolving - generate new ideas to drive thought leadership and competitive momentum.

    Lead greenfield initiatives to expand Omni"s capabilities while continuing to build and scale working product features across the platform.

    Partner closely with GTM teams to ensure customers are adopting, unblocked, and growing - owning the intersection of product development and market adoption.

    Draw from deep technical expertise and strong product thinking to make architecture, API design, and experience tradeoffs that differentiate Omni in a competitive market.

    Grow and lead a software development organization, mentoring senior engineers and managers while remaining hands-on in shaping technical direction and product vision.

    Engage directly with customers to understand their needs and translate insights into product capabilities that drive adoption and retention.

    A day in the life

    Own the rebuild of one of AWS"s largest services at a critical inflection point - where AI, agents, and multi-cloud are fundamentally changing observability.

    Build a product from the ground up with startup-like autonomy with millions of existing customers.

    Shape the future of CloudWatch - if Omni succeeds, it becomes the platform"s next chapter and the future of app and agent centric Observability.

    Gives you the resources and customer base of AWS behind you.

    Work in a highly customer-facing role, directly engaging with customers to shape the product direction and experience.

    Join at an exciting inflection point - in the world of AI and agents, observability is fundamentally changing, and this role puts you at the center of it.

    Start in a focused leadership role with a clear growth trajectory as Omni scales into the future of CloudWatch.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBellevue, WA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
    At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

    Our Leadership Principles
    Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles

    Skills

    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agentsunmatched
    • Cloud Applicationsunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Customer Acquisitionunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer/Client Researchunmatched
    • Distributed Applicationsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
    • Needs Assessmentunmatched
    • Product Developmentunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Technical Drawingunmatched
    • Thought Leadershipunmatched
    • Use Casesunmatched

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