Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineering Manager

Amazon Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 298,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead multiple pods of FDEs and set technical direction across several enterprise customers. You will influence AWS teams, implement delivery standards, and guide talent strategy for FDE at scale.

You will hire and coach engineering managers, drive strategic AI initiatives, and align engagement models with business goals. This role reports to AWS leadership and customer executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience defining technical strategy and delivery standards while managing teams across multiple concurrent programs or customer engagements.
• Experience communicating technical and organizational strategy to executive audiences (VP/C-suite level).
• 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers or large engineering teams (15+).
• 8+ years of experience leading the design and architecture of large-scale production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across multiple customer engagements and FDE pods, defining engagement models, staffing strategies, and delivery cadences that ensure consistent engineering quality across all active programs.
• Set the technical direction for complex customer AI programs, aligning strategy with adjacent AWS teams and bringing technology and industry context to business decisions across your organization.
• Define operational standards, evaluation frameworks, and production readiness criteria for AI systems, establishing mechanisms that keep systems healthy and performing across all engagements.
• Hire, develop, and retain FDE talent across your organization, coaching managers on performance management, succession planning, and career development to build a strong and sustainable talent pipeline.
• Identify systemic opportunities to expand AI adoption across customer organizations, creating reusable accelerators and feeding patterns back into AWS product roadmaps.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Team management

AI/ML production systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead multiple pods of FDEs and set technical direction across several enterprise customers. You will influence AWS teams, implement delivery standards, and guide talent strategy for FDE at scale.

You will hire and coach engineering managers, drive strategic AI initiatives, and align engagement models with business goals. This role reports to AWS leadership and customer executives.