Senior Software Development Manager, Ads-Full-Funnel Agentic Intelligence

Application deadline: Apr 1 2026

Amazon Advertising is seeking a Senior Software Development Manager to lead a team building the next generation of agentic AI systems for advertising. You will own the Ads Agent Orchestration platform the core infrastructure that enables AI agents to autonomously manage advertising campaigns across Amazons full-funnel advertising products. This is a high-visibility role at the intersection of generative AI distributed systems and advertising technology reporting to a Director of Software Development within the Full Funnel Agentic Intelligence organization.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of 8-12 software engineers building agentic AI orchestration services at scale
- Own the technical vision and roadmap for the Ads Agent Orchestration platform including agent runtime tool/skill frameworks and multi-agent coordination
- Drive architecture decisions for systems integrating LLM frameworks (Strands Agents Amazon Bedrock) MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and real-time advertising APIs
- Partner with Applied Science Product and partner engineering teams to define and deliver agent capabilities that directly impact advertiser outcomes
- Establish operational excellence practices for AI-powered services including evaluation frameworks observability (OTEL tracing) and safe deployment patterns
- Manage team roadmap sprint execution and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Hire develop and retain top engineering talent; build a culture of ownership innovation and technical rigor
- Represent the team in VP-level reviews org planning and cross-org technical discussions

A day in the life
- Review team sprint progress unblock engineers and triage incoming requests
- Participate in architecture reviews and design discussions for agent orchestration features
- 1:1s with direct reports focused on career development technical growth and delivery
- Coordinate with partner teams (AgentCore AdsFabricSDK DX MCP Gateway A3C) on integration milestones
- Review operational dashboards deployment health and agent evaluation metrics
- Prepare and present status updates to Director and VP leadership


- 10 years of engineering experience
- 5 years of engineering team management experience
- 10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment
- 10 years of software development experience
- 5 years of people management managing engineers experience
- Bachelors degree or above in computer science or equivalent or experience from a technical internship
- Experience designing building operating and managing large-scale distributed systems or web services
- Experience with software development in a team and a track record of shipping software on time
- Experience hiring developing and managing high-performing technical teams

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale high-traffic applications
- Experience with AI/ML technologies
- Experience within advertising technology related sales
- Experience with AWS Services including EC2 Lambda S3 DynamoDB SQS
- Experience leading large teams with demonstrable ability to hire develop and manage high-performing technical teams
- MBA or Bachelors degree in computer science engineering analytics mathematics statistics IT or equivalent
- Familiarity with agent orchestration patterns tool-use frameworks or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CO Denver - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually