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Amazon · 10 hours ago

Software Development Manager, Amazon Leo AI Foundations

Redmond, Washington, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$185K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

Amazon is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Software Development Manager for their Leo AI Foundations team. The role involves designing, implementing, and operating globally distributed systems to enhance low Earth orbit satellite internet connectivity and support AI capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse that unifies structured and unstructured data from disparate sources

Architect and implement a scalable, cost-performance-optimized OLAP-based analytics layer

Establish metadata management with automated data classification and lineage tracking

Design and enforce standardized data ingestion patterns with built-in quality controls and validation gates

Architect a centralized metrics repository that becomes the source of truth for all Leo metrics

Implement robust data quality frameworks with staging-first policies and automated validation pipelines

Design extensible metrics schemas that support complex analytical queries while optimizing for AI retrieval patterns

Develop intelligent orchestration for metrics generation workflows with comprehensive audit trails

Lead the design of semantic data models that balance analytical performance with AI retrieval requirements

Implement cross-domain federated query capabilities with sophisticated query optimization techniques

Architect a globally distributed vector database infrastructure capable of managing billions of embeddings with consistent sub-100ms retrieval times

Design and implement hybrid search strategies combining dense vectors with sparse representations for optimal semantic retrieval

Establish automated compliance validation frameworks ensuring data handling meets Amazon's security standards

Qualification

Engineering team managementDistributed software systemsService-oriented architectureData lakehouse architectureJavaC#C++Project managementRecruitingTechnical leadershipMentoringCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

3+ years of engineering team management experience

7+ years of engineering experience

8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience

3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience

1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience

1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience

1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience

1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations

Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Preferred

Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy

Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

Benefits

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave