Every year, clinical trials take 7+ years and cost $1B+ to bring a single drug to market. We're changing that.

AWS Life Sciences is building a first-of-its-kind AI agent application that orchestrates a fleet of AI agents to reimagine the entire clinical trial lifecycle. This isn't incremental improvement. This is a paradigm shift.

We're looking for a Software Development Manager who wants to build something that has never existed before - and save lives doing it.

What Makes This Role Different:

- Ground floor, massive impact. You won't inherit a legacy system. You'll define the architecture, the culture, and the product from Day 1.

- AI agents, not just AI features. We're building autonomous AI teammates that work alongside clinical teams to accelerate every phase of the trial process.

- Real customers, real urgency. You'll work directly with pharmaceutical and biotech companies running active trials. The feedback loop is fast, the stakes are high, and the impact is tangible.

- Startup energy, Amazon scale. Move fast with a small, elite team - backed by the full power of AWS infrastructure and AI services.

What You'll Own:

- Technical vision & architecture - Design and evolve the AI agent orchestration layer that powers the platform's core capabilities

- Team building - Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing engineering team of builders who thrive on ambiguity

- Customer obsession - Partner directly with beta customers, product managers, and UX designers to translate clinical trial pain points into elegant, agent-driven solutions

- Regulatory rigor - Ensure AI explainability, auditability, and compliance with FDA and ICH-GCP standards - because in healthcare, trust is non-negotiable

- Operational excellence - Own the end-to-end delivery of production-grade AI agents deployed into customer AWS environments

You're the Right Fit If You...:

- Have a proven track record of shipping innovative software products from 01

- Bring deep technical leadership - you can whiteboard an agent architecture and review a pull request in the same afternoon

- Have built and scaled high-performing engineering teams that punch above their weight

- Thrive in ambiguity and speed - you see a startup-like environment as a feature, not a bug

- Are passionate about AI and believe agents will fundamentally reshape how industries operate

- Lead with customer obsession - you start with the customer problem and work backwards

- Bonus: Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or regulated industries

Why Now?

AI agents are redefining what's possible in clinical trials. The window to lead this transformation is open - and we need a builder who's ready to walk through it.

Join us. Build AI agents that accelerate cures. Change an industry.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience

- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience

- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of 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 livesite operations

- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy

- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

- AI/ML systems experience - hands-on experience building or leading teams that deliver AI agent architectures, LLM-powered applications, or multi-agent orchestration systems

- Life Sciences or Healthcare domain experience - familiarity with clinical trial workflows, regulatory frameworks (FDA, EMA, ICH-GCP), or experience working with pharma, biotech, or CRO customers

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, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually