Principal Product Manager - Kernels, AI/ML, Annapurna Labs

About the role

AWS Neuron is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the development and optimization of the Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI), a compiler library enabling custom kernel development for AWS Machine Learning chips. The role involves defining and executing product strategy, assessing technical implications, and driving developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive and execute product strategy and roadmap working backwards from customer requirements in collaboration with engineering technical leadership
• Assess technical implications of product architecture and optimization decisions
• Drive technical alignment across Neuron components, Neuron workflows and dependencies
• Work directly with software engineering teams to define and execute on new features
• Produce clear and concise documents such as PRFAQ and PRD documents
• Write user stories, and validate features meet developer needs
• Drive feature discussions with customers, engineering, and other stakeholders
• Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, balancing technical constraints
• Find opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers, design features related to these opportunities, and always push to improve our product developer experience
• Build ecosystem partnerships and stay connected with industry trends
• Represent the product in relevant industry events

Requirements

• Proven track record of driving product strategy and owning roadmap definition in complex technical environments
• Experience delivering features with deep understanding of technical trade-offs and product implications
• Strong ability to contribute to and influence engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy
• Demonstrated success in representing customer needs and driving alignment during executive-level prioritization
• Track record of delivering results in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, particularly in early-stage programs
• Experience with modern software development and collaborative open-source projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience technical product management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
• Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement

About AWS Neuron

AWS Neuron is the software stack for Trainium and Inferentia, the AWS Machine Learning chips. It delivers best-in-class ML performance in the cloud. Neuron is a Software that includes ML compiler and native integration into popular ML frameworks. Our products are used at scale by external customers like Anthropic and Databricks, as well as internal customers like Alexa, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Robotics, Amazon Ads, Amazon Rekognition, and many more.

About the team

The team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we build an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Inclusive Team Culture

We foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

About Amazon Annapurna Labs

Amazon Annapurna Labs team is responsible for building innovation in silicon and software for our AWS customers. We combine cloud scale with the world’s most talented engineers to improve AWS cloud infrastructure in high-performance machine learning with AWS Neuron, Inferentia and Trainium ML chips, in networking and security with products such as AWS Nitro, Enhanced Network Adapter (ENA), and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA), and in computing with AWS Graviton and F1 EC2 instances.

About AWS Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.

About AWS

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