Amazon
Software Development Manager, AI Foundations, Amazon Leo AI Foundations
$185K–$250K
Redmond, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years engineering team management; 7+ years engineering; 8+ years leading multi tier web services; 1+ years each in technical leadership/project management across the software development lifecycle, distributed systems using Java/C#/C++, service-oriented architecture, and distributed programming; 5+ years as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Leads an engineering team building and operating production agentic AI infrastructure for Amazon Leo’s satellite network, including roadmap, architecture, delivery, and team development.
What you'll do
- Hire, lead, and develop software engineers and applied scientists; own team goals, roadmap, delivery, and reporting.
- Guide technical design of agentic AI systems and deliver production capabilities with evaluation, access controls, security, and operational readiness.
- Lead complex cross-team initiatives and uphold engineering standards for design, testing, reliability, and on-call operations.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience; 7+ years of engineering experience; 8+ years leading definition and development of multi tier web services.
- Experience developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++, service-oriented architecture, and distributed programming (1+ years for each).
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience delivering production systems built on large language models or ML, including evaluation, guardrails and cost management; experience partnering with product or program management teams.
Nice to have
- Experience in networking, satellite communications or ground systems.
- Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership; recruiting, mentoring, and managing software engineering teams.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C#, C++, large language models, ML
AI focus
Builds agentic AI infrastructure and production AI systems for network diagnostics, troubleshooting, workflow automation, and operations, with evaluation, access controls, guardrails, security, and carefully evidenced autonomy.
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