• 3 years of engineering team management experience
• 7 years of engineering experience
• 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 delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
• Experience in designing machine learning pipelines, managing large scale machine learning operations, developing large language model or natural language understanding models.

Stores Foundational AI (SFAI) is the team powering the Amazon Rufus conversational shopping product. We’re working to improve shopping on Amazon using the conversational capabilities of large language models, and are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and customer experience, and are ready to make a lasting impact on the industry.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager in SFAI:

• You will lead a group of high-caliber engineers to develop a range of systems supporting the experimentation, training, evaluation, and deployment machine learning models.
• You will work closely with science, product, operations, and other partner engineering teams and manage rapidly evolving science and product requirements.
• You will be responsible for shaping the strategy and roadmap of your team.
• You will own the people management of the team including recruiting, growing engineering talent, and performance management.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Palo Alto, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

• 5 years of engineering team management experience
• 10 years of engineering experience
• Experience managing a team of high calibre Software Engineers developing complex, world class, scalable software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $148,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.