Senior Principal Engineer: Systems & Architecture Leader

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in the United States seeks a Principal Engineer to lead and build at scale, guiding technical standards, architecture, and methodologies for customer‑facing products. Day 1 mindset, hands‑on execution, and broad influence across services are expected.

You will mentor engineers, influence multiple teams, and tackle high‑impact distributed systems, AI/ML, embedded systems, or hardware domains within Amazon’s cloud and devices ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Over 12 years of hands-on engineering experience.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring of teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader on cross-functional projects.
• Decompose complex problems into simple solutions.
• Understand system interdependencies and limitations.
• Expert knowledge in performance, scalability, architecture, and best practices.
• Mentor engineers and support career growth across teams.
• Influence multiple teams to boost productivity through deep expertise.
• Balance technical leadership with strong business judgment in tech decisions.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in the United States seeks a Principal Engineer to lead and build at scale, guiding technical standards, architecture, and methodologies for customer‑facing products. Day 1 mindset, hands‑on execution, and broad influence across services are expected.

You will mentor engineers, influence multiple teams, and tackle high‑impact distributed systems, AI/ML, embedded systems, or hardware domains within Amazon’s cloud and devices ecosystem.