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Amazon

Software Development Manager, Frontier Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC)

$185K–$250K

Arlington, VA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026

Experience
3+ years engineering team management; 8+ years leading multi tier web services definition and development; 1+ years developing large-scale distributed systems; 5+ years in a software engineering or related occupation.
Education
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

About the job

Leads a software and systems engineering team building, deploying, and operating AWS Frontier AI services in GovCloud and isolated environments.

What you'll do

  • Set team strategy, technical roadmap, staffing, and delivery mechanisms; lead execution across multiple services and regions.
  • Hire, develop, and retain engineers, and provide technical direction through architecture reviews and complex operational investigations.
  • Own service delivery and operational performance, improving security, reliability, automation, and scalability in partnership with other organizations.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of engineering team management experience; 8+ years leading the definition and development of multi tier web services; 1+ years developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture; and 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience.
  • Knowledge of engineering practices across the software/hardware/networks development life cycle, and experience partnering with product or program management teams.
  • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above; must maintain active TS/SCI clearance and obtain and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph or commensurate agency clearance after starting.

Nice to have

  • Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and senior leadership about requirements, product features, technical designs, and strategy.
  • Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing software engineering teams.

Pay

184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Linux, networking, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Quick, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Kiro

AI focus

Leads development and operation of generative AI and agentic AI services in secure government environments.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)