SDE II, Training & Certification, Content Technology

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) in Arlington, VA seeks a Regional Higher Ed Lead to own AWS Academy relationships within an assigned territory, advising on cloud/AI strategy and coordinating across AWS teams to accelerate higher education partnerships.

The role focuses on pipeline development, onboarding of institutions, and long-term account health, defining standards to ensure successful program delivery and measurable impact across regional education customers.

Responsibilities

• Backend software development
• Frontend software development
• Application testing and monitoring
• On-call SEV2 support
• Component design
• Reviewing GenAI outputs and evaluation
• Designing next gen solutions powering Content design, generation and management

Job description

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

The Regional Higher Ed Lead is the single point of ownership for AWS Academy within an assigned geographic territory. This role is accountable for growing and managing a portfolio of higher education institutions, advising on technical curriculum and cloud/AI strategy, and serving as the trusted advisor connecting institutions to the right combination of AWS education programs. You will own the institutional relationship end-to-end — from pipeline development, through onboarding, through long-term account health — while defining the technical standards and requirements that ensure institutions successfully implement and deliver Academy courses. You will work across AWS teams (sales, public sector, partner organizations, curriculum, and platform engineering) to bring coordinated value to higher education institutions in your region.

Key job responsibilities

• Backend software development
• Frontend software development
• Application testing and monitoring
• On-call SEV2 support
• Component design
• Reviewing GenAI outputs and evaluation
• Designing next gen solutions powering Content design, generation and management

A day in the life

In this role you'll work with software engineers, product managers, and applied scientists to build the service applications that create and deliver learning content for Training & Certification's multi-million learner base. A typical day includes backend and frontend development designing components testing and monitoring applications and reviewing and evaluating GenAI-generated outputs to ensure quality. You'll participate in an on-call rotation and help drive next-generation innovations that blend traditional software engineering with AI models-accelerating learning and improving skills acquisition for AWS learners worldwide.

About the team

About AWS

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Why AWS?

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Inclusive Team Culture

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Mentorship & Career Growth

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Work/Life Balance

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