# Software Development Manager - Agentic AI, Alexa for Shopping (Rufus)

We are seeking a Software Development Manager to build agentic shopping experiences on Amazon. Alexa for Shopping (AFS), formerly Rufus, is Amazon's Shopping AI, a high-visibility generative AI investment within the Stores business built on large language models (LLMs). Our vision is for AFS to be an always-on personal shopping agent that learns what matters to each customer, anticipates their needs, and acts on their behalf. Beyond responding to requests, AFS will proactively recognize opportunities to help, suggest timely next steps, and follow through on goals that unfold over days, weeks, or months. More specifically, this role is in a team building new software systems and customer experiences that will greatly expand AFS's availability to new cohorts of customers. The team is building agentic AI systems powered by LLMs, working at the intersection of frontier AI technology and one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms. This team is strategic and has visibility with leadership at the highest levels. The role offers a chance to build and launch AI-powered customer experiences from the ground up, and to work closely with an exceptional group of product, engineering, and sc

- **Id**: 3973946
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-software-development-manager-agentic-ai-alexa-for-shopping-rufus>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:15:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T06:06:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5286
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Commerce, Advertising, Logistics

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4525
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.887
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T17:15:38Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Graduate Trainee, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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