Sr. Manager Software Development, Device OS

Amazon is hiring a Sr. Manager Software Development, Device OS in Irvine, United States. It pays $220k-$298k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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AI in this role

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Build AI agents that turn customer intent into action, and help shape how software is built at Amazon.
Lead an AI-native engineering organization while staying hands-on with the code, architecture, and customer experience.
As a Senior Manager of Software Development in Devices Software and Services, you will build and develop teams delivering intelligent experiences across mobile, web, and connected devices. You will prototype capabilities, guide technical decisions, and work alongside engineers to solve challenging problems in agent execution, memory, tool use, and evaluation.
You will also shape how engineers and coding agents work together throughout development, pairing rapid experimentation with rigorous testing, security, and operational ownership. This role offers the opportunity to build new customer experiences while establishing engineering practices that can influence how future Amazon products are created.

Key job responsibilities
• Build and lead an organization of software development managers and engineers. Hire and develop leaders, coach technical talent, and establish succession plans and an inclusive team culture.
• Own the technical strategy, roadmap, and resource plan across multiple teams. Connect investments to customer outcomes, sequence dependencies, and make explicit scope and staffing decisions.
• Guide architecture for agents that use models, tools, and memory to complete tasks over time. Establish reusable interfaces, reliable execution and recovery, and clear boundaries between shared services and product capabilities.
• Deliver coherent customer journeys across native iOS and Android applications, web experiences, and connected devices. Partner with product and design leaders to translate customer needs into accessible, responsive experiences.
• Advance AI-native development across the organization. Establish agent-executable specifications, coordinated coding-agent workflows, automated validation, and critical review of generated code. Use measured improvements in delivery time and quality to guide adoption and share effective practices across teams.
• Make testing and evaluation part of product delivery. Work with applied scientists and domain experts to define task-success measures, representative scenarios, adversarial cases, and release criteria for agent behavior.

A day in the life
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You might start by prototyping an agent capability or using coding agents to implement and test an idea. You could then work alongside engineers to review code, trace a failed agent execution, or improve an evaluation that exposed a product weakness. You will stay close to the code and customer experience, using what you learn to guide architectural decisions and engineering practices. Alongside this work, you will coach managers, develop technical leaders, and make roadmap and staffing decisions that help the organization deliver.

About the team
We bring together engineers, product managers, designers, and applied scientists to build AI products and the shared systems behind them. Our work connects agent intelligence with the applications customers use every day. We experiment quickly, learn from customer behavior, and take responsibility for operating what we ship. We also invest in the tools and engineering practices that help people and coding agents work effectively together.

Basic qualifications

- 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 designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations

Preferred qualifications

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications
- Experience building Android or iOS 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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Irvine - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Sr. Manager Software Development, Device OS at Amazon rates 11 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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