Lead ML/AI Production Systems Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon in Washington (Seattle/Bellevue) seeks a Software Development Manager to lead an engineering team delivering ML/AI models at scale. You will own the technical strategy, architecture, and operational excellence, and hire and mentor engineers who build production systems that are scalable, secure, and reliable.

You will collaborate with scientists, data engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate research into production, define roadmaps, and drive end-to-end

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of engineering experience.
• 1+ years of technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture.
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming.
• 5+ years of Software Engineer/related occupational experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and end-to-end delivery of production services that host and serve ML/AI models.
• Hire, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers.
• Partner with applied scientists, economists, data engineers and data scientists to take models from research to production, establishing repeatable paths from science to production (MLOps, CI/CD, model monitoring, retraining pipelines).
• Set and maintain engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, and operational readiness reviews; provide hands-on technical guidance.
• Drive operational excellence for live production systems, including monitoring, alerting, on-call practices, incident response, and RCA.
• Communicate technical strategy, tradeoffs, risks, and status clearly to both technical teams and senior leadership.
• Collaborate with TPMs, product managers, and business stakeholders across PXT to prioritize roadmap investments against business impact.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Large-scale systems

MLOps

Distributed systems

Team mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Amazon in Washington (Seattle/Bellevue) seeks a Software Development Manager to lead an engineering team delivering ML/AI models at scale. You will own the technical strategy, architecture, and operational excellence, and hire and mentor engineers who build production systems that are scalable, secure, and reliable.

You will collaborate with scientists, data engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate research into production, define roadmaps, and drive end-to-end