Software Development Manager, Applied AI Solutions, Amazon Connect

As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization we have a vision to provide business applications leveraging Amazons unique experience and expertise that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazons real-world experience to build opinionated turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

The Software Development Manager will lead a team developing AI solutions. The role requires balancing rapid innovation with reliability and compliance. You should be comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and helping your team navigate ambiguity. Youll work closely with senior technical leaders within the team and across AWS. Were looking for leaders who can maintain high standards while moving quickly prioritizing both rapid experimentation and responsible AI development to deliver measurable customer impact.

Key job responsibilities
* Lead and grow a team building production AI applications for enterprise customers
* Partner with product and science teams to deliver impactful AI features that simplify complex business processes
* Drive technical decisions and architecture for AI systems that balance accuracy latency and compliance
* Build processes for AI development that emphasize rapid experimentation while maintaining quality
* Recruit and develop talented engineers fostering an inclusive team culture

About the team
Amazon Connect is a highly disruptive cloud-based contact center that enables businesses to deliver engaging dynamic and personal customer service experiences. Amazon Connect is the result of the ten years of development that went into building the tools Amazon uses to provide its award winning customer service at massive scale and launching it as a publicly available AWS service. With Amazon Connect you can create your own cloud-based contact center and be taking calls in minutes. Amazon Connect leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence and the large ecosystem of AWS services such as Amazon Lex Amazon Polly AWS Lambda Amazon S3 and Amazon Kinesis to provide a truly frustration free easy-to-use extensible and natural customer experience. With this technology we are transforming an industry and the way customers interact with businesses and how agents service them.

- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.