Amazon

Manager, Software Development, Center for Quantum Computing

Amazon$184K — $250K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of engineering team management experience
  • 5+ years of system design or architecture experience
  • 7+ years in software engineering or related roles
  • Proven knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life cycle
  • Experience collaborating with product or program management teams

Responsibilities

  • Hire and develop a high-performing team of software engineers
  • Collaborate with scientists and engineers to understand and address their issues
  • Define software capabilities based on research needs and create roadmaps
  • Drive initiatives for automated optical inspection systems
  • Lead projects integrating LLMs for data querying and visualization

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Mental health support and other wellness programs
Full Job Description
The Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is hiring a Software Development Manager to lead a team of software engineers building applications and infrastructure that support our quantum device fabrication facility. You will own the software stack powering our Manufacturing Execution System, ML-driven inspection systems, and LLM-powered research tools. You will work closely with Scientists, Hardware Engineers, Process Engineers, and Technical Program Managers.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, you will assume a technical lead's responsibilities by setting architectural direction, making key strategic design decisions for the team's stack.

Key job responsibilities

- Hire, develop, and retain a high-performing team of software engineers; set technical direction through hands-on involvement in architecture, design and code reviews.

- Work directly with scientists and engineers to understand their problems and propose workable solutions. Translate user stories into software design documents demonstrating sensible trade-offs between complexity and delivery.

- Partner with fabrication engineers, research scientists, and program management to define roadmaps translating research needs into software capabilities

- Drive ML-powered initiatives including automated optical inspection systems that detect and classify defects on wafers

- Lead LLM integration projects enabling scientists to query, visualize, and analyze fabrication data through natural language interfaces and autonomous agents

About the team

You will be managing the Device Lifecycle software development team within the AWS Center of Quantum Computing. Our team is comprised of software engineers who are building software that enables scaling up quantum computing technologies.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience

- 5+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- 7+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational 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 livesite operations

- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of engineering team management experience

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Pasadena - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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