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Software Development Manager, Robotic Movement team

Amazon

Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)

Base salary $184,900  to $250,200

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Westboro, MA

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  • LocationWestboro, MA
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

Amazon Robotics is seeking a talented and motivated Software Development Manager within our Robotic Movement team. As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team designing and building services and features that enable the Amazon Fulfillment robotic solution. Delivering reliable and high-performance services and features at Amazon scale requires technical leaders with extraordinary expertise and boundless creativity. At Amazon, managers will interact with customers, understand our business goals, collaborate with other leaders, and innovate rapidly, delivering high-quality and high-value functionality.

Key job responsibilities

What does it take to thrive as a Software Development Manager at Amazon Robotics?

  • You need to be creative, responsible, and curious while leading the team to move quickly to deliver results for our customers.
  • You’re excited about designing and implementing solutions that scale and engaging customers to understand what’s needed to meet their needs.
  • You’re able to think about business opportunities, understand operational implications, and lead us in evolving our service architecture in the course of a single conversation.
  • You’re looking to lead and mentor a team of bright, capable engineers to implement your vision.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team

Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers that work passionately to apply the latest advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even image yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of engineering team management experience
  • 7+ years of engineering experience
  • 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
  • 3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
  • 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience
  • 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
  • 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • 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
  • 3+ years of leading development of applications backed by AWS services or using other cloud based technologies and services experience
  • Experience managing a team of high calibre Software Engineers developing complex, world class, scalable software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

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. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, MA, Westboro - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($184,900) is above 80% of the 414 Software Engineering roles in Massachusetts listed on this site; 9 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $150,000; the middle half runs from $132,250 to $172,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Software Development Manager, Robotic Movement team (this listing)$184,900 - $250,200
Software Development Manager, Volume Metadata, EBS$184,900 - $250,200
Sr. Robotics Software Engineer, Fauna$184,900 - $250,200
Software Development Manager, Off-Amazon Selection$184,900 - $250,200
Software Development Manager, AWS Proactive Security / AWS Piezo, AWS Proactive Security - AWS Piezo$184,900 - $250,200
Sr. SDE, Agentic Systems, Technical Content Experience (TCX) Engineering$184,900 - $250,200
Software Development Manager, AWS Quick$184,900 - $250,200

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Amazon roles · How to read the bar

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USA, MA, Westboro - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

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