- 10+ years of engineering experience - 5+ years of engineering team management experience - 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience - Experience partnering with product or program management teams - Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment - Experience partnering with product and program management teams - Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 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Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits">https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits</a>. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site. The Senior Software Development Manager will lead the end-to-end software organization for Amazon’s Autonomous Vehicle (AV) charter, driving the design, development, and deployment of scalable systems across autonomy, perception, planning, teleoperations, and cloud infrastructure. This role is responsible for building and managing high-performing teams across embedded and cloud software, collaborating with hardware, product, and operations to deliver mission-critical AV capabilities. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong execution and organizational leadership to bring autonomous delivery vehicles to scale in the real world. Key job responsibilities The Senior Software Development Manager will be responsible for defining and executing the software roadmap across all components of the autonomous delivery stack—including perception, navigation, planning, safety systems, edge compute, remote operations, simulation, and cloud services. They will lead multiple engineering teams to architect scalable, modular, and safety-critical systems that power driverless delivery vehicles. This role includes setting technical direction, ensuring rigorous software development practices, managing cross-functional program dependencies, and delivering production-ready solutions in collaboration with hardware, product, operations, and policy teams. The manager will also own hiring, mentoring, and growing a high-caliber engineering team to meet the scale and complexity of the AV roadmap. About the team The Autonomous Vehicle Software team is a fast-moving, cross-disciplinary group responsible for building the entire software stack that powers Amazon’s last-mile autonomous delivery systems. This includes onboard perception, localization, navigation, planning, and safety; edge compute and telemetry infrastructure; cloud-based mission management, fleet orchestration, simulation, teleoperations, and foundation model integration. The team collaborates closely with hardware engineering, product, and operations to deliver reliable, scalable, and intelligent autonomy systems. Engineers here solve some of the most complex technical challenges in robotics and AI, working on production systems deployed across real-world environments.