Principal Solutions Architect, AGS US GenAI/ML Specialist SA

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative leader in cloud technology seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to guide customers in leveraging Generative AI and Machine Learning. This role involves crafting scalable technical architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and acting as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders. You will drive architectural discussions, lead workshops, and represent the company at industry events, all while contributing to groundbreaking solutions that empower businesses. If you are passionate about solving complex challenges and driving innovation, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Professional Development Opportunities

Employee Discounts

Mentorship Programs

Work-Life Balance Initiatives

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology domains like software development and cloud computing.
• Experience in developing technology solutions and guiding IT transformations.

Responsibilities

• Provide customers with deep technical expertise in Generative AI and Machine Learning.
• Lead architectural reviews and workshops to advance customer’s technical objectives.

Skills

Generative AI

Machine Learning

Cloud Computing

Software Development

Systems Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

AWS Products

Cloud Architecture

Job description

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Description

AWS GenAI/ML Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists with deep domain-specific expertise, able to address advanced concepts and feature designs. As part of the AWS sales organization, SSAs work with customers who have complex challenges that require expert-level knowledge to solve. SSAs craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that address those challenges. This might involve guiding customers as they refactor an application or designing entirely new cloud-based systems. Do you enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS Specialist SA!

Description

AWS GenAI/ML Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists with deep domain-specific expertise, able to address advanced concepts and feature designs. As part of the AWS sales organization, SSAs work with customers who have complex challenges that require expert-level knowledge to solve. SSAs craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that address those challenges. This might involve guiding customers as they refactor an application or designing entirely new cloud-based systems. Do you enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS Specialist SA!

The GenAI/ML Specialist SA Team is made up of deep domain experts who work directly with our customers to solve their most complex challenges. We are the Generative AI, Traditional AI, and Machine Learning experts for AWS customers and the Account Teams that support them. We contribute to account planning, architecting GenAI and Machine Learning solutions to ground-breaking customer challenges, running Proof-of-Concepts, and trying new things. We bring valuable customer data and insights to our product teams, strengthening the product roadmap. Our team is at its best when a customer is thinking big and needs specialized experience to innovate for their business. The needs and priorities of our customers drive us, and our product teams to innovate on their behalf in this exciting, fast-paced space.

Key job responsibilities

• Provide customers with deep technical expertise in Generative AI, Traditional AI, and Machine Learning with AWS products to meet their business objectives.
• Collaborate with specialist, sales, marketing, and products teams to ideate around your customers’ most challenging problems.
• Act as a trusted advisor to line of business, AI, Data, and C-suite leaders.
• Lead architectural reviews and workshops to advance your customer’s technical objectives.
• Act as a thought leader sharing best practices through forums such as AWS blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures and public-speaking events such as AWS Summit, AWS re: Invent, etc. Participate as a leader in AWS technical communities.
• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Provide data and anecdotes on what is working and what is not back to the larger specialist community and product teams. Act as primary point of contact for urgent customer issues in your technical specialty.
• Thought Leadership and External Representation: Serve as a thought leader in the Generative AI space, representing AWS at industry events and conferences, such as AWS re:Invent.
• Develop technical content, workshops, and thought leadership to enable the broader technical community, including Solution Architects, Data Scientists, and Technical Field Community members.
• We prefer this candidate to have a track record of thought leadership and innovation around Machine Learning, Comfortable presenting to senior data and AI leaders, and have demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment.
  
  

About The Team

About the team

AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.

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 fueled 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

• 10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
• Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
• Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent
• Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
  
  

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $164,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $284,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.


Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Job ID: A2942128

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Information Technology, and Engineering

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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