Principal Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Leader

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon EC2 Principal Engineer roles shape the company’s senior technical leadership, setting standards and driving architecture for global cloud services at scale and across multiple locations in the USA. You will mentor engineers, lead cross-functional initiatives, decompose complex problems, optimize performance, and ensure robust, scalable systems while pioneering new approaches.

This role offers broad impact on customers worldwide, with startup-like urgency, an emphasis on ownership,

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on professional engineering development experience
• Technical leadership and mentorship experience of engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Lead and influence cross-functional projects across large distributed systems.
• Decompose complex problems into scalable solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system inter-dependencies and limitations.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to career growth within the team.
• Drive performance, scalability, and engineering best practices in enterprise architecture.
• Balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to guide technology choices.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Job description

Amazon EC2 Principal Engineer roles shape the company’s senior technical leadership, setting standards and driving architecture for global cloud services at scale and across multiple locations in the USA. You will mentor engineers, lead cross-functional initiatives, decompose complex problems, optimize performance, and ensure robust, scalable systems while pioneering new approaches.

This role offers broad impact on customers worldwide, with startup-like urgency, an emphasis on ownership,