Senior AI Systems Architect & Strategy Leader

Amazon; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 200,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with strategic enterprise customers to define the technical strategy and engineering standards for AI-powered production systems at scale.

You will write production-grade software, shape architectures across multi-workstream engagements, and create reusable patterns that raise the bar for the FDE practice, traveling up to 25% as needed.

Qualifications

• Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance.
• 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading the design and architecture of large-scale production systems.
• Experience building production AI or ML platforms used across multiple products or customers.
• Experience with enterprise-scale agentic workflows, multi-agent orchestration, or AI system governance.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy across engagements.
• Set the technical direction for the most complex, highest-stakes customer AI programs; make architecture decisions; travel up to 25%.
• Build production AI systems and reference architectures.
• Own production excellence at scale across the FDE practice.
• Accelerate customer transformation at the portfolio level.
• Raise the bar for the practice and guide senior engineers and the broader team.

Skills

Security Clearance

Software development

AI/ML platforms

Multi-agent orchestration

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon seeks a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with strategic enterprise customers to define the technical strategy and engineering standards for AI-powered production systems at scale.

You will write production-grade software, shape architectures across multi-workstream engagements, and create reusable patterns that raise the bar for the FDE practice, traveling up to 25% as needed.