AI-Focused Forward-Deployed Engineering Leader

Amazon Web Services (AWS); East Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead a pod of 5–15 engineers delivering AI systems for strategic enterprise customers. You will own delivery, engineering quality, and team development across one or more concurrent engagements.

You will guide technical direction, ensure production readiness, and drive customer adoption while mentoring engineers and aligning with AWS standards. Requires significant travel and leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 3+ years in an Agile, startup, or rapidly scaling environment; ability to communicate technical concepts to senior leadership.
• Experience building or deploying AI/ML applications in production environments at scale.
• Experience with agentic development of AI agents is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead FDE pod delivery across one or more customer engagements with 30–50% travel.
• Provide technical oversight for customer AI programs and review architecture decisions.
• Ensure production readiness and operational excellence for AI systems your team builds.
• Hire, develop, and retain FDE talent; coach junior FDEs toward independence and growth.
• Identify opportunities to expand AI adoption within customer engagements and codify learnings.

Skills

Software development

Leadership

Agile / Scrum

Technical communication

AI/ML production

AI agents development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

React

TypeScript

Python

Go

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead a pod of 5–15 engineers delivering AI systems for strategic enterprise customers. You will own delivery, engineering quality, and team development across one or more concurrent engagements.

You will guide technical direction, ensure production readiness, and drive customer adoption while mentoring engineers and aligning with AWS standards. Requires significant travel and leadership experience.