Senior Software Development Manager, Ads-Full-Funnel Agentic Intelligence

Amazon • Denver, CO

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About The Position

Amazon Advertising is seeking a Senior Software Development Manager to lead a
team building the next generation of agentic AI systems for advertising. You
will own the Ads Agent Orchestration platform — the core infrastructure that
enables AI agents to autonomously manage advertising campaigns across Amazon's
full-funnel advertising products. This is a high-visibility role at the
intersection of generative AI, distributed systems, and advertising technology,
reporting to a Director of Software Development within the Full Funnel Agentic
Intelligence organization.

Requirements

• 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
• 10+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of people management, managing engineers experience
• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or equivalent, or experience from a technical internship
• Experience designing, building, operating, and managing large-scale distributed systems or web services
• Experience with software development in a team, and a track record of shipping software on time
• Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience partnering with product and program management teams
• Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications
• Experience with AI/ML technologies
• Experience within advertising technology related sales
• Experience with AWS Services including EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS
• Experience leading large teams, with demonstrable ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams
• MBA, or Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent
• Familiarity with agent orchestration patterns, tool-use frameworks, or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 8-12 software engineers building agentic AI orchestration services at scale
• Own the technical vision and roadmap for the Ads Agent Orchestration platform, including agent runtime, tool/skill frameworks, and multi-agent coordination
• Drive architecture decisions for systems integrating LLM frameworks (Strands Agents, Amazon Bedrock), MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, and real-time advertising APIs
• Partner with Applied Science, Product, and partner engineering teams to define and deliver agent capabilities that directly impact advertiser outcomes
• Establish operational excellence practices for AI-powered services including evaluation frameworks, observability (OTEL tracing), and safe deployment patterns
• Manage team roadmap, sprint execution, and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent; build a culture of ownership, innovation, and technical rigor
• Represent the team in VP-level reviews, org planning, and cross-org technical discussions

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager