Software Development Manager, Sponsored Products and Brands Conversational Ad Experiences

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through generative AI technologies revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers enhance the shopping experience and strengthen the marketplace. If youre energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of whats possible with AI join us in shaping the future of advertising.


The Conversational Ad Experiences (CAX) team within Sponsored Products and Brands envisions to re-invent advertising in the rapidly changing AI landscape transforming it from static presentation of recommendations into assistive experiences that guide customer discovery throughout the shopping funnel. To achieve our vision we are looking for a Software Development Manager who can architect scalable systems drive cross-org alignment and lead the evolution of our core tier-1 services to support rapid experimentation and new modes of dynamic interaction and personalization while operating within strict latency budgets. This leader will play a critical role in shaping the technical foundation for the future of ad experiences on Search.


- 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 with online experimentation A/B testing frameworks and metrics design for advertising
- Experience with driving alignment across organizations for science engineering and product strategy to achieve business goals.
- Familiarity with LLM tooling (model orchestration retrieval augmentation prompt engineering guardrails and evaluation frameworks).
- Experience integrating LLM APIs or hosted models into latency-sensitive services.

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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.