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Software Development Manager, Off-Amazon Selection

Seattle, Washington, United StatesFull-time$185k–$250k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Lead and grow a team of software engineers building internet-scale catalog, discovery, and commerce systems, applying Large Language Models and generative AI to transform product discovery and purchase.

Role type

Senior IC software development manager (team lead)

Builds

Distributed catalog, discovery, and commerce systems at Amazon scale

Domain

E-commerce, distributed systems, generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Engineering team management, technical vision and roadmap ownership, distributed systems architecture, software development lifecycle ownership, recruiting and hiring, mentoring and coaching, ambiguous problem definition, cross-team collaboration

Preferred skills

Recruiting and hiring experience, communicating with users and senior leadership

Technologies

Java, C#, C++, service-oriented architecture, distributed programming

Responsibilities

Build and grow a high-performing team of software engineers, own the technical vision and architecture for distributed systems, drive the full software development lifecycle, partner with Applied Scientists on AI-native primitives, unblock engineers on design and architecture, sequence multi-quarter roadmaps, invest in people through 1:1s and career conversations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC