Alexa is the name of the Amazon cloud service that powers Echo, the groundbreaking new Amazon device designed around your voice. Echo is always ready — just ask for information, music, news, weather and more.
At Amazon, we're passionate about pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence. As a Software Development Manager in our team within the Alexa Customer Technologies organization, you'll have the opportunity to lead the development of critical systems which drive innovation in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI while leveraging Amazon's vast resources and diverse data sources.
Key job responsibilities
You will join a growing organization working on grounding Large Language Models (LLM) using RAG principles and have an enormous opportunity to make an impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know.
1. Be responsible for the end to end ownership of a technology team, including setting the technical vision for developing our systems to serve Alexa's needs.
2. Build and manage great software engineers that are responsible for developing and maintaining software.
3. Be an advocate of engineering and operational excellence.
4. Establish a consistent, project management framework and excellent development processes to deliver high quality software, in rapid iterations.
5. Show strong business and technical judgment that will accelerate time to market of releases, while incrementally moving our services towards the long term vision.
6. Be responsible for mentoring and developing engineers.
7. Represent the technical organization and evangelize the work to senior leadership.
8. Raise the bar on technical excellence, show thought leadership, and communicate well to different audiences.