Software Development Manager, Leo Data Platform

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $184,900–$250,200 / yr
Posted: 13 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $218k

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Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Software Development Manager, Leo Data Platform

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As a Software Development Manager, Amazon Leo Data Platform, you will join the Leo AI Foundations team to build the intelligent cloud backbone powering satellite networks and ground systems. You will design, implement, and operate globally distributed systems, including an S3-based Data Lakehouse, OLAP-based analytics layers, and a distributed vector database infrastructure for managing billions of embeddings. Your daily work involves developing cloud services and APIs to support agentic AI capabilities, creating automated data quality frameworks, and designing semantic data models that optimize for AI retrieval patterns. You will utilize AWS technologies and best practices in data engineering to solve complex problems regarding real-time network performance and routing. The role requires expertise in Java, C#, or C++, service-oriented architecture, and distributed programming to deliver low-latency systems for the Leo satellite constellation's software-defined infrastructure.

Skills

AWS S3 Data Lakehouse Vector Database Java C# C++ Distributed Systems OLAP Service-Oriented Architecture Machine Learning Metadata Management Data Engineering Orchestration

What you'll do

Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse to unify structured and unstructured data.
Build an OLAP-based analytics layer to provide low single-digit-second query responses for real-time analysis.
Design and manage a globally distributed vector database infrastructure for high-speed retrieval of billions of embeddings.
Develop semantic data models and hybrid search strategies to support agentic AI capabilities and retrieval patterns.
Establish automated data quality frameworks, including metadata management, lineage tracking, and validation pipelines.
Create a centralized metrics repository to serve as the source of truth for all system metrics.
Design and implement cloud services and APIs to orchestrate intelligent software operations across satellite and ground systems.

What we're looking for

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status due to export control laws.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
3+ years of engineering team management experience.
7+ years of engineering experience.
8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services.
3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience.
1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++.

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