Principal AI Production Architect

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic enterprise customers, defining the technical strategy and engineering standards for AI-powered production systems at scale. You will write production-grade software and set the direction for multi-workstream engagements, creating reusable architectures and patterns that scale the FDE practice.

Candidate must be a US citizen with active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph; travel up to 25% is expected as part of leading

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 8+ years leading design/architecture of large-scale production systems.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy across engagements.
• Build production AI systems and reference architectures.
• Own production excellence at scale.
• Accelerate customer transformation at the portfolio level.
• Raise the bar for the practice.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's degree or above

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic enterprise customers, defining the technical strategy and engineering standards for AI-powered production systems at scale. You will write production-grade software and set the direction for multi-workstream engagements, creating reusable architectures and patterns that scale the FDE practice.

Candidate must be a US citizen with active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph; travel up to 25% is expected as part of leading