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Kiro's spec-driven development and autonomous agents act as virtual teammates, handling everything from requirements gathering to code review, test generation, infrastructure scaffolding, and documentation updates, while keeping humans in control of every diff before it ships.We're looking for developer experience engineers who want to shape this transformation by ensuring developers are successful with Kiro by working with developers in various social channels (eg, GitHub, Discord, Slack, Reddit) to triage and troubleshoot issues. You will also be engaging with enterprise customers as a specialist for Kiro and assisting with issues, product roadmap, and executive briefings to drive adoption.Your impact will be immediate and visible. 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The team is small enough that your decisions matter and large enough that you'll always have someone to learn from.This is your chance to shape the direction of the agent that builds the future.Key job responsibilitiesOwn customer success strategy for Kiro - unblock developers on Kiro social and internal channels to drive adoptionProvide specialist assistance for strategic and enterprise customers and partner with field teams to drive successful engagementsDefine and prioritize features that address key customer pain points by partnering closely with product teamsPartner directly with engineering teams and leadership to surface key customer trends in reviews and resolving high priority issuesBuild tools and agents to automate workflows used by internal teams and supportSupport new launches by thorough testing and QA of product features to surface high priority bugs before launchBasic Qualifications8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experienceExperience and technical expertise (design and implementation) in cloud computing technologiesExperience in sales, technical pre-sales, product development, or customer facing resourcesExperience with agentic AI patterns - multi-agent orchestration, tool use, function calling, chain-of-thought reasoning, and autonomous agent workflowsStrong conceptual understanding of machine learning fundamentals and modern Generative AI techniquesPreferred QualificationsExperience working with end user or developer communitiesExperience with interoperability protocols such as MCP (Model Context Protocol) for standardized tool integration and/or A2A (Agent-to-Agent) for multi-agent communicationDemonstrated experience with AI/ML concepts including large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and model evaluationContributions to open-source projects in agent frameworks, orchestration tools, or developer platformsExperience with enterprise AI governance frameworks, including security, auditability, and responsible AI requirements for production software development.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. 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