Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Senior Software Development Manager, AWS Quick
Seattle, Washington, USA · Senior
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About the role
- Amazon Quick is an AI-powered work companion that learns and adapts to each user through persistent memory, a personal knowledge graph, and contextual sessions.
- We value diverse experiences, inclusive culture, mentorship, and work-life harmony.
- If your career hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let it stop you from applying.
Responsibilities
- Are you passionate about building intelligent systems that make AI agents truly useful, and leading teams that ship foundational infrastructure at scale?
- Own the technical roadmap for Quick's memory, knowledge graph, and session infrastructure.
- Partner with applied science to co-develop novel algorithms that push the boundaries of agent memory and knowledge retrieval.
- Build and lead a high-performing engineering team with a culture of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and high operational standards.
- This is a leadership opportunity to own the foundational layer of a rapidly growing AI product, shape its architecture, and push the boundaries of what agentic experiences can do for customers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience.
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience.
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field.
- Experience with very large distributed systems.
- Experience managing teams of 10+ engineers across multiple workstreams
Nice to have
- Experience partnering with product and program management teams.
- Knowledge of AWS services.
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
- USA, WA, Seattle
Compensation
- $220k-$298k
Benefits
- As the SSDM, you will drive the technical vision for these systems, set the bar for operational excellence, and lead the team in building new experiences that help users achieve more with Quick every day.
Company info
- We're looking for a Senior Software Development Manager (SSDM) to lead our Agent Intelligence Platform team within Quick Engineering, the organization behind Amazon Quick.
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