Software Development Manager, AWS Context

AWS Context is a new AWS service that gives AI agents access to an organization's context through a governed knowledge graph. It is the foundational layer that enables enterprise AI systems to reason over business data — connecting agents to the right context, at the right time, with the right governance controls. AWS Context sits at the heart of Amazon's AI strategy: without grounding in real organizational data, AI agents are generic. With it, they become genuinely useful.

The team is working towards launching the first release of AWS Context. We move fast, ship often, and iterate aggressively on customer feedback. You won't wait for quarterly planning cycles to make decisions — the team ships, learns, and adjusts in days, not months. We value engineering leaders who thrive in ambiguity, bias strongly toward action, and build a culture where failing fast is a feature, not a bug. If you've run a scrappy team that punched above its weight, you'll feel at home here.

This is a high-visibility engineering leadership role at the intersection of frontier AI, large-scale data systems, and customer-facing agentic products. You will lead a team of SDEs in Seattle/Bellevue building systems that process billions of queries, ship agentic features used by AWS customers globally.

• About the team
• Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

• Diverse Experiences
• AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

• About AWS
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

• Inclusive Team Culture
• Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

• Work/Life Balance
• We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

• Mentorship & Career Growth
• We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic qualifications

• - 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• - 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• - 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• - 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

Preferred qualifications

• - Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• - Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
• - Experience in building agentic AI product feature and leading a frontier-AI development team

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Bellevue - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually