Software Development Manager, Amazon Enterprise Security Products

Amazon Enterprise Security Products is a newly launched group building intelligent, cloud-agnostic security tools using AI-first development practices. We don't just talk about AI — we build AI security products with AI, and we need a leader who sets that standard. This is a ground-floor opportunity to build and lead a high-performing engineering organization where experimentation is the norm, shipping is measured in hours not quarters, and every decision you make shapes the trajectory of the team, the product, and the business. If you've been waiting for a role where you can combine the strategic scope of senior leadership with the hands-on intensity of a startup founder — this is it. Key job responsibilities * Build and lead a world-class engineering team. Recruit, develop, and retain top talent. Stand up team from the ground up, establish structures, rituals, and expectations that define how a high-performing team operates — without the bureaucracy. * Partner with security researchers, applied scientists, product managers, and UX designers to translate customer problems into bold technical bets. Drive the multi-year roadmap for AI-powered security products that protect Amazon's business customers at scale. * Champion AI-native development: Establish an AI-first engineering culture; from agentic coding workflows to AI-assisted design and testing. Don't just encourage adoption; measure it, iterate on it, and make it a force multiplier for velocity and quality. * Drive execution with startup urgency: Manage multiple concurrent initiatives while maintaining the speed and focus of a small, scrappy operation. Decompose ambiguous, high-stakes problems into actionable plans. Remove blockers ruthlessly. Ship fast, learn from what you ship, and iterate. * Define and advance AI/ML capabilities: Lead strategic decisions on agentic systems, RAG architectures, conversational interfaces, and intelligent automation pipelines. Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and make high-judgment build vs. buy decisions that keep the team on the forefront of AI. * Own operational excellence and security posture: Establish industry-leading reliability, performance, and security practices. Build scalable, reusable mechanisms that simplify operations and accelerate delivery. Ensure your team operates with the rigor of Amazon and the agility of a startup. * Develop leaders, not just engineers: Grow technical leads and managers through coaching, high-accountability ownership, and real responsibility. Foster a culture where every team member thinks and acts like a founder.

Amazon Enterprise Security Products is built by builders who tackle challenges others might consider too ambitious. We're a small team where there are no layers between you and the decision, no waiting quarters to see your work reach customers. Every team member brings an owner's mentality. If there's a problem worth solving, we solve it. No mission is beyond reach, no detail beneath our attention. We move fast, we ship fast, and we learn from what we ship. This is where builders who want to make the impossible routine come to do their best work.