Solution Architect, Startups

Amazon Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Solution Architect in Sydney to partner with startups and scale-ups, guiding deep architectural discussions and helping accelerate growth using AWS technologies. You will work with developers and architects, leading technical engagements and contributing to startup community initiatives.

You will own the technical engagement, develop deep expertise in AWS services, and collaborate with teams to ensure successful implementations while supporting a fast-moving

Responsibilities

• Partner startups to design scalable, reliable architectures across lifecycle stages.
• Define and scope customer engagements with clear goals and success criteria.
• Drive adoption of AWS services to deliver business value and accelerate growth.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to feed feedback into AWS platform evolution and roadmap.
• Create startup-focused technical content (blog posts, sample code, solutions) to help customers solve problems and accelerate time-to-market.

Job description

Do you want to be part of the team helping startups to become future unicorns? Are you passionate about startups and how technology can help them accelerate their growth? Do you like helping fast-moving companies solve technical problems?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect based in Sydney, NSW to partner with startups and scale-ups across a wide range of industries, and different stages in their lifecycle. You will be equally at ease working with key customers on their specific deep architectural discussions, and participating in startup community and scale activities.

As a Solution Architect, you will own the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects, and developing a deep expertise in AWS technologies, as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform.

Your experience will include working in, or leading software engineering teams at fast-moving and growing companies within the tech and startup industry. Your customer facing skills will allow you to represent Amazon well within a customer's environment or the broader startup community; as well as a technical background that enables you to easily interact with and give guidance to software developers and architects.

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Key job responsibilities

• Partnering with a diverse range of startups to adopt the right architecture at each stage in their lifecycle and driving the architecture of scalable, reliable and secure solutions
• Scoping each customer engagement, with attention towards clear and well-defined goals and success criteria
• Driving adoption of a broad range of AWS services to deliver business value and accelerate growth
• Partnering with engineering teams to support the evolution and roadmap of the AWS platform and services through customer feedback
• Developing startup specific technical content, such as blog posts, sample code and solutions, to assist customers solve technical problems and reduce time-to-market

What if I don’t meet all the requirements?

That's okay! We hire people who have a passion for learning and are curious. You will be supported in your career development here at AWS. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your technical expertise, business and consulting skills. Your onboarding will set you up for success, including a combination of formal and informal training. You'll also have a chance to gain AWS certifications and access mentorship programs. You will learn from and collaborate with some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today.

A day in the life

Learn more about being a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js21xKMFdww

About the team

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