Software Development Manager, Life Sciences Applied AI
Amazon · Seattle, Washington, USA ·
- Category
- AI engineering
- Experience
- 7+ years
AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.
Every year clinical trials take 7+ years and cost over a billion dollars 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 0→1
• 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.
About the team
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Every year clinical trials take 7+ years and cost over a billion dollars 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 0→1
• 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.
About the team
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.