Amazon
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
$185K–$275K
Arlington, VA +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
Denver, CO - Experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management; 7+ years of non-internship professional software development; 3+ years in an Agile, startup, or rapidly scaling environment.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidate must be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
About the job
Leads forward-deployed engineering teams delivering production AI systems for government customers, overseeing technical execution, engineering quality, and team development.
What you'll do
- Lead and staff engineering pods across customer engagements, setting delivery cadence and quality standards.
- Guide technical direction and ensure AI systems meet operational and production-readiness standards.
- Hire, coach, and retain engineers while identifying customer AI adoption opportunities and sharing reusable practices.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience and 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Current, active US Government TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph; candidate must be a US Citizen.
- Experience in Agile, startup, or rapidly scaling environments; communicating technical concepts to varied audiences; agentic and spec-driven development; and building or deploying production AI/ML applications at scale.
Nice to have
- Experience building end-to-end production systems, working in customer production environments, or managing customer-facing engineering teams.
- Prior experience with React, TypeScript, Python, and/or Go; managing multiple concurrent customer programs; or 3+ years of leadership development and talent management.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary; Denver, Arlington, Seattle); 203,400.00 - 275,200.00 USD annually (base salary; New York)
Tools
React, TypeScript, Python, Go
AI focus
Oversees customer AI programs and production AI systems; requires experience with agentic and spec-driven development and production-scale AI/ML applications.
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