Senior Solutions Architect, Generative AI, Startups, AWS

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology leader in the UK is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to drive innovation in startups using generative AI and AWS technologies. The role involves designing best-practice cloud architectures, serving as a trusted advisor, and creating inspiring technical content. Candidates should have solid experience in machine learning and effective communication skills. This position emphasizes work-life balance and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Career mentorship

Flexible work culture

Inclusive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience communicating technical details verbally and in writing.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure for GenAI models.
• Knowledge of machine learning frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud architectures for startups.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor.
• Create technical content for the startup community.

Skills

Communication with technical and non-technical audiences

Building GenAI models

Sound knowledge of machine learning fundamentals

Knowledge of MLOps tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Pytorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

Senior Solutions Architect, Generative AI, Startups, AWS

Job ID: 3108376 | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Revolutionize the Startup Ecosystem with Cutting-Edge Cloud Technologies! Join our dynamic team and become a pivotal force in empowering innovative founders to transform their world‑changing ideas into reality using advanced generative AI and AWS technologies.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and recommend best‑practice cloud architectures tailored to startup needs
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating complex technological solutions into business value and amplify customer insights to influence AWS technology roadmaps
• Create and share technical content that educates and inspires the startup community
• Evangelize AWS technologies through workshops, speaking engagements, and technical presentations

A day in the life

Imagine a role where every day brings new technological challenges and opportunities. You’ll collaborate with innovative startup founders, design groundbreaking cloud architectures, and explore the frontiers of generative AI. Your work will involve deep technical problem‑solving, strategic consulting, and helping entrepreneurs turn ambitious visions into tangible solutions.

About the team

We are a passionate collective of technologists, former founders, and cloud experts dedicated to empowering the next generation of innovative companies. Our team combines technical excellence with entrepreneurial spirit, working across a global ecosystem to support startups at every stage of their journey.

About AWS

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee‑led and company‑sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fuelled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
• Experience communicating technical details verbally and in writing
• Experience with building, validating and deploying GenAI models and applications on cloud infrastructure
• Sound knowledge of machine learning fundamentals, with working knowledge of frameworks such as Pytorch, TensorFlow, JAX or MXNet
• Knowledge of MLOps tools and workflows for model development, validation, and deployment

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS and/or AWS certification (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional).
• Hands‑on experience benchmarking and optimizing performance of models on accelerated computing (GPUs, Trainium/Inferentia, TPU and/or AI ASICs) clusters with high‑speed networking.
• Understanding of technical details and techniques used in tuning generative AI foundation models using techniques like RAG, PEFT, RLHF, DPO.
• Experience scaling model training and inference using technologies like Slurm, ParallelCluster, Amazon SageMaker.
• Experience in developing and deploying large‑scale machine learning or deep learning models and/or systems into production, including batch and real‑time data processing.

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