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Software Development Manager, AI Foundations, Amazon Leo AI Foundations

Redmond, Washington, United StatesFull-time$185k–$250k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
Citizens or permanent residents only

Core

Build and lead an engineering team to develop the AI foundation for Amazon Leo, a satellite constellation providing broadband connectivity, focusing on agentic AI systems for diagnostics, reporting, and network operations.

Role type

Senior IC engineering manager (AI/ML)

Builds

Production AI systems, agentic AI networks, and platform services for satellite connectivity

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Engineering team management, roadmap ownership, technical architecture for agentic AI, LLMs and agent frameworks, distributed systems design, production system delivery, security controls, stakeholder partnership

Preferred skills

Recruiting and mentoring engineers, satellite communications or ground systems experience, networking expertise

Technologies

Java, C#, C++, service-oriented architecture, distributed programming, large language models

Responsibilities

Hire and grow a team of software engineers and applied scientists; own the team's roadmap and delivery; lead technical design of agentic AI systems; deliver production AI systems with evaluation and access controls; manage end-to-end delivery of multi-team initiatives; uphold engineering standards including design reviews and testing; make prioritization calls in ambiguous environments