Software Development Manager, Agent Identity and Authorization Infrastructure

About the role

The Software Development Manager (SDM) for the Agent Identity and Authorization Infrastructure team leads the design and delivery of critical services for AI agents across Amazon Ads. This includes defining how agents are registered, authenticated, and authorized, ensuring every action is safe, scoped, and auditable.

Responsibilities

• Own the full software development lifecycle for core identity and authorization services
• Hire, develop, and lead a team of software engineers across junior to senior levels
• Design and deliver secure, highly available, low-latency services that authenticate agents and enforce fine-grained, advertiser-authorized access at scale
• Set technical strategy and define standards and best practices across design, testing, deployment, and operational excellence
• Partner with product, security, and partner engineering teams to translate requirements into a clear, prioritized roadmap
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to engineers within and across teams, influencing senior stakeholders on key decisions

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services 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 live-site operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance, AD&D insurance, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, and a 401(k) matching program. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.