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Amazon

Sr. Software Development Manager, Alexa Connections

$220K–$342K

Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026

Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Seattle, WA
Experience
10+ years engineering; 5+ years engineering team management; 7+ years managing technical teams, with significant personnel management experience.
Education
BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field. Preferred: Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

About the job

Leads the Alexa Connections software organization building customer-facing communication experiences, communications systems, and AI capabilities across Alexa devices and services.

What you'll do

  • Lead teams developing consumer UX, Alexa communication systems, third-party telecom integrations, and Alexa LLM architecture.
  • Coordinate implementation with internal and external partners and balance time-to-market with long-term technical evolution.
  • Set organizational strategy and responsibilities, develop team culture, and influence the direction of Alexa+ devices and services.

What they ask for

  • 10+ years of engineering experience and 5+ years of engineering team management experience; also asks for 7+ years managing technical teams with significant personnel management experience.
  • Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
  • BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Track record using data to build cloud and/or edge AI models, prompt engineering, and tuning GenAI LLMs; experience communicating strategy to senior executives.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Knowledge of real-time communications, collaboration, networking, computer vision, multimodal AI, global telecommunications infrastructure, carrier relationships, or global data and telecom regulations.

Pay

USD 253,100.00 - 342,300.00 annually (base salary); USD 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 annually (base salary)

Tools

Alexa+, GenAI LLMs, AI models, prompt engineering, real time communications, computer vision, multi-modal AI, telecommunications infrastructure

AI focus

Leads development and optimization of Alexa's LLM architecture and communication experiences; requires experience building cloud and/or edge AI models, prompt engineering, and tuning GenAI LLMs.

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