10 AWS engineering leaders
Director of Engineering and Director of Software Engineering are the current titles held by these ten AWS engineering leaders, whose titles name areas such as EC2, Bedrock, Redshift and Amazon Connect. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at AWS from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Abhishek Mathur
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Abhishek Mathur has been Director of Engineering at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since April 2026, based in Dublin, after serving as Head of Engineering - Amazon ElastiCache there from 2024 to 2026. Abhishek Mathur was a Senior Software Development Manager at AWS from 2018 to 2025 and a Program Director at IBM from 2016 to 2017.
Divya Ananthanarayanan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Redshift · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Divya Ananthanarayanan has been Director of Engineering - Redshift at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since March 2025. Divya Ananthanarayanan was Vice President of Engineering at Exabeam from 2024 to 2025, Senior Director of Engineering at Exabeam from 2022 to 2024, and Director Of Engineering at Cisco from 2021 to 2022.
Divya Jain
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - AWS Bedrock · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Divya Jain has been Director of Engineering - AWS Bedrock at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since January 2025, after serving as Director of Engineering - AWS Elastic Block Storage there from 2024 to 2025. Divya Jain was a Sr. Manager, Software Development at AWS from 2019 to 2024.
Ian Cottingham
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ian Cottingham has been Director of Software Engineering at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since April 2026 and describes leading engineering for EC2 Edge. Ian Cottingham held AWS roles as Senior Manager, Software Development from 2019 to 2026 and Software Development Manager from 2017 to 2019.
Ioannis Aslanidis
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, EC2 · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ioannis Aslanidis has held the title Director of Engineering, EC2 at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since April 2022, with the current row starting in December 2025 in Berlin, and a highlight describing the role as Director of Engineering for EC2 Core. Ioannis Aslanidis was Senior Engineering Manager, EC2 at AWS from 2018 to 2022.
Kathy Kam
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, AWS Agentic AI - Kiro · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kathy Kam has been Director of Engineering, AWS Agentic AI - Kiro at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since February 2026, describing a single-threaded leader role for all Kiro products. Kathy Kam was Director of Engineering, AWS Agentic AI - AWS DevOps Agent from 2025 to 2026 and GM / Director of Engineering, AI Developer Experience at AWS from 2022 to 2025.
Naresh Chainani
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Databases · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Naresh Chainani has been Director of Engineering, Databases at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since October 2021, after serving as Senior Software Development Manager at AWS from 2016 to 2021. Naresh Chainani was a Senior Technical Manager at IBM from 2015 to 2016 and a Software Developer at IBM from 2001 to 2014.
Ravi Math
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ravi Math has been Director of Engineering at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since April 2026, with a headline naming AWS DynamoDB, and describes leading multiple engineering teams at DynamoDB. Ravi Math also lists the role Senior Software Engineering Manager at Amazon from April 2021 and was a Software Development Manager at Amazon from 2018 to 2021.
Sukhreet Buttar
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Amazon Connect · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sukhreet Buttar has been Director of Engineering, Amazon Connect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since March 2026. Sukhreet Buttar was Director and Technical Advisor to the SVP of HR at Amazon from 2024 to 2026 and Director, Product and Engineering - People Experience Technologies at Amazon from 2021 to 2024.
Yousef Ourabi
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering, EC2 Instance Networking · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Yousef Ourabi has been Director of Software Engineering, EC2 Instance Networking at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since December 2025, leading the EC2 Instance Networking organization. Yousef Ourabi was Director of Engineering Application Networking (API Gateway, PrivateLink, and Lattice) at AWS from 2023 to 2025 and Director of Engineering, AWS PrivateLink and Internal Load Balancing from 2022 to 2023.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize the engineering teams in your area, and what would you change about that setup?
- 02What did you focus on first when you took on your current engineering role?
- 03How do you weigh new feature work against reliability and scaling work in your area?
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