Software Development Manager Amazon Photos AIML Inference

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and relive their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS Android Web Desktop Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Amazon Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Amazon Music and Amazon Video offerings. We have bold goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead our AI/ML inference team as we continue to push the boundaries of whats possible with computer vision and deep learning technologies for Amazon Photos.


Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager your responsibilities will include providing leadership and vision to the software team supporting Amazon Photos AI/ML technologies. Youll manage a backend team of engineers building tools and systems that power features across Amazon Photos client platforms including mobile web Echo Show and Fire TV. Youll ensure that the best engineering practices are followed and that our software is of the highest quality. You will expand your team hiring talented team contributors at the right skill and leadership levels. You will work closely with other teams throughout Amazon to design and architect solutions that will scale to millions of customers.

A day in the life
You will lead the charge in scaling our advanced computer vision and deep learning capabilities to process media uploads at an enormous volume. Youll architect and design the ongoing evolution of our inference services guiding and mentoring a talented team of engineers to deliver highquality highperformance results.

Your team is central to the Amazon Photos experience powering the facial detection clustering semantic understanding and moderation that helps customers relive their most precious memories. Youll work closely with the core service science and feature teams to drive a cohesive longterm vision for the AI technology underpinning the platform.

Youll partner with product to make critical decisions about which new AI/ML opportunities to pursue. Your leadership will be essential in scaling our inference capabilities to handle growing volumes while maintaining exceptional quality and reliability.

As an experienced manager within our established Seattle Photos team youll mentor engineers champion best practices and ensure your group continues delivering innovative solutions. High ownership sound judgment and a passion for building worldclass AI systems are key to succeeding in this role.


About the team
Our Amazon Photos organization is comprised of software development engineers eager to learn computer vision experts and strong owners who thrive in a collaborative fastpaced environment.
Were an inclusive team who genuinely enjoy working together and celebrating our successes.

We have an exciting roadmap ahead with plans to continuously enhance the quality and reliability of our inference services while expanding our AI/ML infrastructure to handle rapidly growing photo and video upload volumes. These efforts are crucial to driving longterm growth and delight for the Amazon Photos customers. If you share our passion for building worldclass AI systems wed love to have you join us.


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 the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
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 working within Machine Learning and/or Artificial Intelligence domains

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.