Senior/Principal AI Systems Architect — Production-Ready

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement

Job summary

Amazon in Bellevue, WA is hiring for Principal, Senior, and Distinguished Engineers to join AWS Applied AI Solutions. You will architect end-to-end AI systems at enterprise scale, delivering finished AI products to real customers.

You will influence architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate across AWS teams while shaping the next generation of AI-enabled enterprise software. This role offers high impact and broad scope.

Qualifications

• 10+ years design and development engineering experience.
• Experience collaborating across multiple organizations and influencing key outcomes.
• Experience as a technical leader of multiple concurrent projects, driving strategic technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic technical projects and design new software systems at scale
• Lead architecture and engineering strategy for enterprise AI solutions across multiple domains
• Mentor and guide engineers while solving complex technical challenges hands-on
• Work cross-functionally with Principal Engineers and teams across AWS Applied AI Solutions
• Scout and recruit top technical talent, actively growing the engineering community
• Drive a strong engineering excellence and operational culture across all products and teams
• Shape technical direction for systems critical to shipping finished AI solutions to enterprise customers
• Balance technical expertise with strong analytical skills to make informed architectural decisions

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Architectural decisions

Mentorship

Tools

Big data systems

Analytics

Containerized microservices

Serverless

Event-driven architecture

Job description

Amazon in Bellevue, WA is hiring for Principal, Senior, and Distinguished Engineers to join AWS Applied AI Solutions. You will architect end-to-end AI systems at enterprise scale, delivering finished AI products to real customers.

You will influence architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate across AWS teams while shaping the next generation of AI-enabled enterprise software. This role offers high impact and broad scope.