Shatadru Chattopadhyay
Software Development Manager | Engineering Leader
Engineering leader building high-performing organizations designed to scale. At AWS, grew a 20-person team from scratch to deliver foundational infrastructure powering Aurora DSQL and DynamoDB global tables. Proven track record managing engineering managers, driving multi-year technical strategy, and delivering distributed systems supporting billions in business value across AWS and financial services.
Leadership & Experience
Building and scaling high-performing engineering teams with a focus on technical excellence and people development
Leadership Philosophy
Organizational Design & Scaling
Building and scaling multi-layered engineering organizations with clear structure, ownership, and accountability
People Development
Hiring, mentoring, and promoting talent across all levels, from individual contributors to engineering managers
Strategic Vision
Establishing multi-year roadmaps and delivering complex, globally distributed products from concept to launch
Professional Experience
Software Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
March 2022 - Present
20-person organization
Key Achievements:
- Spearheaded a 20-person organization to deliver a multi-region, strongly consistent, fault-tolerant transactional commit log with 99.999% multi-region availability
- Managed organizational structure of Software Development Managers and Senior SDEs
- Owned complete organizational health including multi-million dollar infrastructure budget, headcount allocation, and operational/promotional standards
- Established full CI/CD pipeline and operational excellence practices, reducing incidents by 25%+ quarter-over-quarter until meeting AWS organizational standards
- Partnered with 8+ cross-functional teams across AWS to align on technical architecture, dependencies, and shared roadmap deliverables
- Bootstrapped the organization from ground up, hiring 10+ engineers and managers, successfully promoting 5 individuals across various levels up to Senior SDE
- Delivered foundational transactional commit log enabling launch of Aurora DSQL and DynamoDB strongly consistent global tables at re:Invent 2024
- Established multi-year strategic roadmap with iterative deliveries, collaborating with product, senior engineering, and AWS database leadership
Technologies:
Principal Software Engineer
Zillow Group
August 2021 - March 2022
Traffic Engineering Team
Key Achievements:
- Led platform-level data store migration strategy as part of Zillow 2.0 modernization initiative, establishing technical foundation for next-generation infrastructure
- Defined technical roadmap and OKRs for migrating critical systems from legacy data stores to modern cloud-native solutions, enabling future scalability and feature development
- Mentored teams on distributed systems architecture, cloud migration patterns, and operational best practices during complex infrastructure transitions
- Delivered foundational migration architecture and implementation plan before transitioning to leadership opportunity at AWS following company reorganization
Technologies:
Vice President
Morgan Stanley
June 2013 - August 2021
12 engineers across 2 globally distributed teams
Key Achievements:
- Managed two globally distributed teams overseeing development and deployment of solutions for Institutional Listed Sales and Trading
- Led complex migration of Morgan Stanley retail trading Cash and ETF Flow (including E-Trade) to institutional trading systems, supporting daily notional value of over $1bn
- Bootstrapped and led 6-person team for Morgan Stanley Digital Asset Trading Initiative, developing proof-of-concept for new trading platform
- Defined strategic roadmap to launch digital asset trading platform by working closely with product stakeholders
Technologies:
Key Projects & Initiatives
Transformative projects that demonstrate leadership, technical expertise, and business impact
Organization Building & Scaling at AWS
Leader of Leaders
Bootstrapped and scaled a 20-person engineering organization from the ground up with structured team hierarchy and clear operational standards
Impact:
Hired 10+ engineers and managers, promoted 5 individuals to senior levels, established sustainable organizational practices for long-term growth
Technologies:
Multi-Region Transactional Commit Log for AWS Databases
Software Development Manager
Led development of a foundational multi-region, strongly consistent, fault-tolerant transactional commit log that powers critical AWS database services
Impact:
Enabled launch of Aurora DSQL and DynamoDB strongly consistent global tables at AWS re:Invent 2024, achieving 99.999% multi-region availability
Technologies:
Morgan Stanley Retail Trading Migration
Vice President
Led complex migration of Morgan Stanley retail trading Cash and ETF Flow (including E-Trade) to institutional trading systems
Impact:
Successfully migrated systems supporting daily notional value of over $1 billion with zero downtime
Technologies:
Digital Asset Trading Platform
Vice President & Team Lead
Bootstrapped and led a 6-person team to develop proof-of-concept for Morgan Stanley's Digital Asset Trading Initiative
Impact:
Defined strategic roadmap and delivered working prototype for next-generation digital asset trading capabilities
Technologies:
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