Software Development Manager, Amazon Quick

Description

The Amazon Quick team is looking for an exceptional Software Development Manager for a strategic new initiative. Amazon Quick is a generative AI-powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems. It empowers users to be more creative, data-driven, efficient, prepared, and productive. This is an exciting opportunity to innovate, work backwards from our customers, and be at the forefront of generative-AI powered innovation.

We are looking for a Software Development Manager who is a creative problem-solver, thrives in a start-up like environment and is energized by tackling complex technical challenges to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI. Your team will design, build, and operate the authorization policies, enforcement plane, and audit systems that govern every interaction in Amazon Quick, whether initiated by a person or by an AI agent acting on their behalf.

Your work will directly enable Amazon Quick to scale its agentic capabilities while meeting the access-control requirements that enterprise customers depend on. You will collaborate across more than a dozen partner teams, influence architectural decisions in systems you depend on, and coach other engineers on your team. This is an opportunity to shape how the industry approaches access control for agentic AI, at a time when the problem is still being defined.

Key job responsibilities

As a Software Development Manager, you'll lead an elite team of development engineers to define, drive and execute on our product vision. You will invent and ship software that directly impacts our end customer experience. You'll develop your team of highly motivated and talented builders who can collaborate with applied scientists, product managers, technical specialists, and principals across the company.

Responsibilities

- You'll lead the overall development life cycle of software solutions and manage complex projects with significant impact.

- Coordinate with your senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for product development.

- Assure that your team's designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules.

- Prioritize, plan projects and features, manage partners, and track external commitments.

- Monitor operation of production services to ensure Operational Excellence.

- Foster the career development of your direct reports.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

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Work/Life Balance

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Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience

- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience

- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

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

- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for…