Systems Development Manager, Amazon Leo Productivity Infrastructure & Engineerin, Amazon Leo Productivity Infrastructure & Engineering

About the role

Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, delivering fast, reliable internet to customers and communities worldwide. This position requires the candidate to be a U.S. Citizen due to U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

We are seeking a Systems Development Manager to lead an established, high-caliber engineering team and own the reliability, security, and strategic direction of the ALPINE service portfolio. You will inherit a mature team and guide them through sustaining critical Tier-1 services while advancing AI-integration readiness across the portfolio. This role operates primarily within AWS GovCloud and involves daily collaboration with Amazon Leo Security, Global Trade & Compliance, and teams across Production Operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and develop a team of systems development engineers; own hiring, performance, and career growth.
• Own the operational health, reliability, and security of ALPINE's Tier-1 service portfolio across commercial and GovCloud environments.
• Set technical and operational strategy across the portfolio; partner with senior engineers to steer architecture and roadmap.
• Uphold export-control compliance (ITAR/CUI) across all services in partnership with Global Trade & Compliance and Leo Security.
• Drive AI-integration readiness; enable AI agents to interact safely with ALPINE services within user permission boundaries.
• Represent ALPINE in cross-org forums (Production Operations, Security, Compliance, LeoLX); manage stakeholder relationships and escalations.
• Own operational excellence: OnCall leadership, incident response, runbooks, monitoring, and change management.
• Balance sustaining critical production services with advancing platform modernization and automation.
• Set and communicate priorities, remove blockers, and shield the team so engineers can do their best work.

About the Team

ALPINE owns and operates the core engineering infrastructure for Amazon Leo's 7,000+ workforce — including Jira, Confluence, SAP ERP & MES, engineering test platforms, requirements management, and a license server fleet, much of it in AWS GovCloud under ITAR/CUI constraints. At the center is the "Jedi Council," a group of senior engineers who collectively own technical direction and operational health. This is an established, high-performing team, and you will take the helm to lead them through both sustained Tier-1 operations and the organization's AI-forward transformation.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of managing system or software development teams experience.
• Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure.
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
• Experience with Linux/Unix.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build processes.
• Experience designing or architecting systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• Experience managing a high-velocity team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems).
• Experience with AWS platforms, services, and design patterns.
• Experience with distributed systems at scale.
• Experience in mentoring, leading, or managing junior engineers.
• Experience in data retrieval techniques.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.

Pay

USA, WA, Bellevue — $166,300.00 – $225,000.00 USD annually (base salary range). Final compensation will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs), and will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.