About the job
Build production AI at the intersection of LLMs, edge ML, and sensor fusion — Navigation Intelligence that directly impacts the safety and experience of millions of Amazon transporters every day. We're seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the Navigation Intelligence team in Austin. The team owns the navigation experience in Amazon's delivery associate app, building a hybrid on-device/cloud AI architecture that combines low-latency on-device inference with fleet-wide pattern analysis and LLM-powered contextual guidance. This is production AI at scale: billions of requests monthly, safety-critical latency requirements, and direct impact on transporter safety and experience.
Responsibilities
- Leading a team of software engineers building navigation systems used by millions of transporters globally
- Driving technical strategy for hybrid on-device/cloud AI architecture with low latency requirements
- Partnering with routing optimization teams, platform/operations teams, and Science teams to deliver integrated navigation experiences
- Working with route planning teams and Safety teams who depend on navigation accuracy metrics
- Owning problem domains including pre-trip intelligence, real-time traffic detection and rerouting, location accuracy through sensor fusion, arrival/parking guidance, and alert prioritization
- Managing technical roadmaps that balance innovation with operational stability
- Developing engineering talent and building high-performing teams
- Writing narratives and influencing VP-level technical decisions
Qualifications
Minimum
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 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
- Experience designing native mobile experiences (iOS, Android, and Kindle) and mobile-optimized websites
Preferred
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- Knowledge of UX and/or CX design and usability