Manager, Software Development, Private Brands
Core
Lead a team of engineers building high-availability backend services and AI agent infrastructure for Amazon Private Brands products.
Role type
Senior IC manager (software development)
Builds
Shared data, workflow, and AI agent platform (Java on AWS)
Domain
E-commerce / Cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Java, AWS (ECS, RDS, EventBridge, Lambda), distributed systems, team leadership, technical roadmap planning, architecture review, stakeholder management, operational health management
Preferred skills
Generative AI tools usage, recruiting and mentoring, cross-team integration, product strategy translation
Technologies
Java, AWS, ECS, RDS, EventBridge, Lambda, Amazon Bedrock
Responsibilities
Lead, hire, and develop a team of engineers building high-availability backend services in Java on AWS; Own the technical roadmap across all platform areas including data management, task lifecycle, and agent infrastructure; Guide architecture decisions and review design docs that influence how APB teams build on top of the platform; Drive cross-team integrations, ensuring the APIs and contracts your team defines meet the needs of downstream teams; Grow engineers through coaching, career development, and feedback, and raise the technical bar through engineering standards and mechanisms; Partner with product and leadership to translate business requirements into a scalable technical strategy and staffed execution plan; Own the operational health of what your team builds, establish on-call, monitoring, and incident response practices, and drive continuous improvement
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership