Forward-Deployed AI Engineering Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead a pod of 5–15 engineers embedded with strategic enterprise customers.

You will own delivery execution, engineering quality, and team development for your scope, ensuring production AI systems meet customer expectations and standards. The role requires US citizenship with TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph, plus experience steering multiple concurrent customer engagements and collaborating with AWS leadership to drive

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
• 3+ years of experience in Agile/startup/rapid-scaling environments
• Experience communicating technical concepts to senior leadership
• Experience with AI agents and AI/ML production deployments

Responsibilities

• Lead FDE pod delivery across one or more customer engagements.
• Guide technical direction and review architecture decisions for AI programs.
• Own production excellence and ensure readiness criteria for AI systems.
• Build and develop the team through hiring, coaching, and career development.
• Accelerate customer adoption by codifying learnings into reusable patterns.

Skills

Engineering management

AI/ML knowledge

Strategic communication

Agile experience

Hands-on software development

Cloud/AWS familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

React

TypeScript

Python

Go

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead a pod of 5–15 engineers embedded with strategic enterprise customers.

You will own delivery execution, engineering quality, and team development for your scope, ensuring production AI systems meet customer expectations and standards. The role requires US citizenship with TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph, plus experience steering multiple concurrent customer engagements and collaborating with AWS leadership to drive