Director, Software Development, Builder Operations, Amazon SW Builder Experience

Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) started in 2022 is working to make Amazon the best place to build software. Every day hundreds of thousands of Amazon software builders rely on us for the tools they build with and for the technology training and community behind them. We are at an inflection point as builders shift from performing every step of software development to supervising agents that perform the steps. We own the experience that makes this transition work empowering builders to apply their knowledge and expertise to invent more for customers.
The Role
We are seeking a Director of Software Development to lead Builder Operations (Builder Ops) the organization that builds the technology tools and services Amazon teams use to practice DevOps for all of Amazon (AWS Retail Devices and beyond): incident management change management in production and the feedback loops that turn operational learnings into better software. This team is leading the charge to bring agentic operations to Amazon and this leader will define how humans and agents run production together. Few engineering roles anywhere combine this scope this scale and this moment.
Builder Ops has built one of the largest incident-management and DevOps platforms in the industry with the majority of that work now resolved faster and safely using AI. The strategic priority this leader owns is the shift to agentic operations: defining how humans and agents operate together at Amazons safety bar at dramatically higher speed while maintaining the reliability builders and customers depend on. This is an established organization that owns tools and services used by virtually every builder at Amazon.


Key job responsibilities
Own the vision strategy and multi-year roadmap for Builder Ops connecting it to builder impact: code quality reliability security developer productivity and the shift to agent-supervised development.
Own Amazons incident management change management and operational-safety capabilities across all regions.
Drive agentic operations defining how AI agents and human operators collaborate at Amazons safety bar at machine-speed.
Lead and grow a multi-team engineering organization: develop leaders attract Principal Engineers and build the leadership bench.
Drive product quality and operational excellence end to end while accelerating innovation velocity.
Partner across ASBX and Amazon to align execution with strategy and orchestrate shared solutions.
Influence strategy and technical direction at the most senior levels of the company through clear written narrative and data; briefs at CEO-level reviews.


Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
10 years of software development experience including architecting fault-tolerant highly available systems at scale.
5 years managing people with 3 years managing multiple managers or teams.
Experience developing long-term technical vision and strategy and influencing leadership decisions.
Experience delivering large-scale customer-facing products on scalable architecture.


Masters or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering with 10 years of relevant experience.
A leadership position on a team delivering solutions at Amazon or industry scale.
Proven track record of hiring world-class talent and developing engineering leaders.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Deep experience in SRE DevOps incident management or operational excellence at high scale.
Experience building or leading agentic/AI-driven operations platforms balancing speed and safety in regulated environments.


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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 WA Seattle - 264100.00 - 350000.00 USD annually