Senior Manager, Software Development, AWS SageMaker HyperPod Infra

Are you a technical leader who thrives on building high-performing engineering teams and shaping the future of software products used by millions Amazon is looking for a Senior Manager Software Development to lead multiple software development teams define multi-year technical strategies and deliver meaningful outcomes for our this role you will own a strategically important software architecture and drive the vision for how multiple systems work together to solve complex customer problems. You will partner with product management engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to set priorities remove ambiguity and ensure your teams are building the right things at the right time. If you are passionate about growing leaders tackling large-scale technical challenges and creating an inclusive engineering culture we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
- Define and own a multi-year technical strategy for your area aligning product roadmaps and engineering investments to deliver measurable customer value across multiple software teams.
- Lead mentor and grow a team of software development managers and senior engineers building an inclusive culture where people develop their careers and deliver their best work.
- Partner with product management and cross-functional stakeholders to translate ambiguous business problems into clear engineering plans making thoughtful trade-offs between opportunity resources and long-term sustainability.
- Establish mechanisms to audit customer experience operational health and software quality across your teams driving continuous improvement in system design performance security and reliability.
- Collaborate across organizational boundaries to influence technical direction resolve prioritization conflicts and ensure your architecture evolves to meet future business needs at scale.

A day in the life
You start your morning reviewing operational metrics and identifying areas that need attention across your teams. Mid-morning you join a design review with senior engineers to evaluate a proposed architecture change asking probing questions to ensure scalability and maintainability. After lunch you meet with peer managers and product leaders to align on quarterly priorities and resolve a resource constraint. Later you spend time in a one-on-one coaching session with one of your managers discussing their teams growth plans and career development strategies.

About the team
The SageMaker HyperPod Infra team is building next-generation AI infrastructure for large-scale training model customization and inference. HyperPod is the only AWS service unifying training and inference across Slurm Kubernetes and Ray - delivering fault-tolerant infrastructure with sub-2-minute recovery automated GPU health monitoring and sophisticated capacity management across thousands of GPU nodes globally. Our team is focused on building AI infra software systems that directly impact how customers experience AI.

Our team values builders who thrive in ambiguity think long-term and want to define the future of AI infrastructure. We ship fast iterate with purpose and support some of the most demanding AI workloads in the world. We operate in a collaborative environment where engineering leaders work closely with product and business partners to solve complex high-impact problems. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where every team member has the opportunity to grow contribute ideas and make a real difference. If youre excited to do meaningful work at the frontier of generative AI at massive scale wed love to talk.

- 10 years of engineering experience
- 5 years of engineering team management experience
- 10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale high-traffic applications

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 Santa Clara - 253100.00 - 342300.00 USD annually