Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering

A Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager (Senior FDE Manager) leads multiple pods of FDEs across several strategic enterprise customers defining the delivery model engineering standards and talent strategy for the FDE practice at scale. This is not a Solutions Architect management role and not a consulting engagement manager role. Senior FDE Managers own organizational-level outcomes they set the technical direction across multiple concurrent customer programs build and scale the FDE team and drive the mechanisms that ensure consistent engineering excellence and measurable business impact across the entire portfolio.

Senior FDE Managers operate at org-level scope. They lead 1530 engineers influence technical decisions across multiple customer engagements and AWS teams simultaneously and define what great looks like for forward-deployed AI engineering management. They represent the FDE practice to AWS senior leadership and customer C-suite executives balancing strategic vision with operational execution.


Key job responsibilities
Lead the FDE delivery organization. Own delivery across multiple customer engagements and FDE pods. Staff and structure teams for optimal customer coverage. Define engagement models staffing strategies and delivery cadences. Ensure consistent engineering quality across all active programs. Requires 30 50% travel.
Define technical strategy and standards. Set the technical direction for the most complex customer AI programs spanning your organization. Align technical strategy with adjacent AWS teams. Be a key influencer for strategic decisions bringing technology and industry context to business decisions. Resolve escalations and drive closure with peers Directors and stakeholders.
Own production excellence at organizational scale. Define operational standards evaluation frameworks and production readiness criteria for AI systems across your organization. Establish mechanisms that ensure AI systems remain healthy across all active engagements. Drive improvements that enable the organization to insist on the highest operational excellence standards.
Build and scale the team. Hire develop and retain FDE talent across levels. Coach and develop FDE Managers. Drive performance management succession planning and organizational health. Create the talent pipeline for the FDE practice. Define hiring bar and calibration standards.
Accelerate transformation at portfolio level. Identify systemic opportunities to expand AI adoption across multiple customer organizations. Create accelerators and reusable platforms that reduce time-to-value. Influence AWS product roadmaps based on patterns observed across customers. Feed learnings back into AWS at the organizational level.


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- 10 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of engineering organization management experience (managing managers or large teams)
- 8 years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
- Experience defining technical strategy and delivery standards for an engineering organization
- Experience managing teams across multiple concurrent programs or product lines

- Experience managing engineering teams in customer-facing or forward-deployed environments at scale
- Experience building or leading organizations delivering production AI or ML platforms
- Track record of developing engineering managers and senior technical leaders
- Experience representing engineering to executive leadership (VP/C-suite level)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfort working in customer-facing environments
- Experience influencing product roadmaps through engineering and customer insights
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent; advanced degree preferred

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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 CA Mountain View - 253100.00 - 342300.00 USD annually
USA CA San Diego - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually
USA MA Boston - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually
USA NJ Jersey City - 242100.00 - 327500.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 242100.00 - 327500.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually
USA VA Herndon - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually