Sr Manager, Applied Science, Alexa for Shopping (Rufus)
Amazon • Seattle, WA • Posted June 13, 2026
About the Role
Description
Alexa for Shopping (previously Rufus) is seeking a Senior Manager, Applied Science to lead multidisciplinary teams of Applied Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers building next-generation conversational AI and multi-agent systems powering customer-facing experiences at scale.
This leader will drive both scientific innovation and execution across large language models (LLMs), agent orchestration, retrieval and grounding systems, evaluation frameworks, and scalable AI infrastructure. The role requires a combination of deep technical judgment, organizational leadership, product and engineering partnership, and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate has a strong track record of building high-performing science and engineering teams, translating ambiguous business problems into scalable AI solutions, and delivering measurable customer impact through applied machine learning and generative AI technologies.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead and grow te...
Alexa for Shopping (previously Rufus) is seeking a Senior Manager, Applied Science to lead multidisciplinary teams of Applied Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers building next-generation conversational AI and multi-agent systems powering customer-facing experiences at scale.
This leader will drive both scientific innovation and execution across large language models (LLMs), agent orchestration, retrieval and grounding systems, evaluation frameworks, and scalable AI infrastructure. The role requires a combination of deep technical judgment, organizational leadership, product and engineering partnership, and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate has a strong track record of building high-performing science and engineering teams, translating ambiguous business problems into scalable AI solutions, and delivering measurable customer impact through applied machine learning and generative AI technologies.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead and grow te...