Software Development Manager - Catalog ML & Data Quality

Amazon; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores-Tech (WWGST) team is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead engineers building systems that ensure catalog data accuracy across grocery marketplaces. You will own end-to-end technical strategy for processing millions of product records and coordinating ML pipelines with data quality goals.

In this role, you will guide the evolution of ML infrastructure, data ingestion across international marketplaces, and internal tooling for product

Qualifications

• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers building and operating distributed systems that process millions of product records across grocery marketplaces.
• Own the technical vision for resolving product identity defects — where a single barcode incorrectly maps to multiple products — using data matching, third-party OCR sources, and scoring algorithms.
• Drive the evolution of ML infrastructure — including scheduled training/inference pipelines, LLM-based attribute validation, and automated publishing workflows.
• Guide the strategy for ingesting, transforming, and synchronizing third-party product data into the catalog across international marketplaces.
• Build and maintain internal tooling that gives product managers and business users visibility and control over grocery catalog operations.
• Make architectural decisions for scaling early-stage systems while ensuring operational excellence across multiple AWS accounts and regions.
• Translate complex supply chain and catalog business requirements into concrete technical solutions — prototyping rapidly and iterating with cross-functional partners.
• Partner with applied science teams on ML model development and product ionization.
• Foster an entrepreneurial engineering culture focused on innovation, ownership, and high-velocity delivery.
• Mentor and develop engineers, promoting technical excellence and career growth.

Job description

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores-Tech (WWGST) team is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead engineers building systems that ensure catalog data accuracy across grocery marketplaces. You will own end-to-end technical strategy for processing millions of product records and coordinating ML pipelines with data quality goals.

In this role, you will guide the evolution of ML infrastructure, data ingestion across international marketplaces, and internal tooling for product