Principal Engineer: Global Systems Architect & Leader

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,100 - 270,600; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Principal Engineer to lead and build at the highest level, shaping standards and the overall architecture across devices, cloud services, and the global platform. You will mentor teams while driving performance, scalability, and best practices in distributed systems.

This senior IC role requires deep technical breadth, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence multiple teams to deliver impactful solutions for customers worldwide.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader on our most demanding, cross‑functional projects.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight‑forward solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system inter‑dependencies and limitations.
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.
• Balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgement to make the right decisions about technology choices.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Job description

Amazon seeks a Principal Engineer to lead and build at the highest level, shaping standards and the overall architecture across devices, cloud services, and the global platform. You will mentor teams while driving performance, scalability, and best practices in distributed systems.

This senior IC role requires deep technical breadth, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence multiple teams to deliver impactful solutions for customers worldwide.