Head of Security Platform Engineering - AI-Driven & Scaled

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSU eligibility

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle seeks a Manager of Software Development for Helianthus to lead teams building production-grade services at AWS scale. You will drive architecture, enable seamless composition of primitives, and oversee secure, reliable delivery.

This role blends deep distributed-systems expertise with security and AI capabilities, coaching managers and aligning with partner platform teams to ensure long-term platform sustainability and business impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting scalable systems.
• 8+ years of leading multi-tier web services development.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish a unified multi-year technical roadmap across Helianthus primitives.
• Lead transition from prototyping to production with engineering excellence standards.
• Develop and coach managers, expanding their leadership impact.
• Own cross-organizational stakeholder engagement and dependencies.
• Audit customer experience and performance, ensuring cohesive operation.

Skills

Engineering management

Distributed systems

Architecture & design

Web services leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle seeks a Manager of Software Development for Helianthus to lead teams building production-grade services at AWS scale. You will drive architecture, enable seamless composition of primitives, and oversee secure, reliable delivery.

This role blends deep distributed-systems expertise with security and AI capabilities, coaching managers and aligning with partner platform teams to ensure long-term platform sustainability and business impact.