Senior Principal AI Systems Architect & Tech Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior Principal Tech Lead Manager to architect and drive the evolution of autonomous AI agent systems that modernize enterprise infrastructure and large codebases.

You will lead a high-caliber team of AI scientists, setting a technical vision and translating it into concrete milestones for research and engineering. The role blends distributed systems expertise with cutting-edge agentic innovations, balancing invention with operational

Qualifications

• PhD, or Master's degree in CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in AI (NLP or multi-modality models), Deep Learning, LLM model training, graph learning, software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a nimble team of AI scientists, fostering rapid experimentation and research excellence.
• Set the technical vision for building state-of-the-art learning systems with knowledge graphs, reasoning, and validation capabilities.
• Balance innovation with operational excellence and mentor senior scientists to move fast in a large engineering organization.

Skills

AI/ML thinking

Leadership

Architecture & design

Education

PhD or MS in CS/CE/ML

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Distributed systems

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior Principal Tech Lead Manager to architect and drive the evolution of autonomous AI agent systems that modernize enterprise infrastructure and large codebases.

You will lead a high-caliber team of AI scientists, setting a technical vision and translating it into concrete milestones for research and engineering. The role blends distributed systems expertise with cutting-edge agentic innovations, balancing invention with operational