Solutions Architect, Product Acceleration, WWPS

Amazon Web Services, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Solutions Architect to drive technical design, architectural proposals, POCs, and thought leadership. You will work with a world-class sales and BD team to help customers adopt cloud-native architectures and AI-enhanced solutions.

You will also help share best practices across the AWS solutions architect community and engage in white papers, webinars, and events to accelerate customer success.

Qualifications

• Experience designing cloud architectures and AI-enabled solutions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for technical audiences.
• Hands-on expertise in cloud-native architectures and GenAI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design and thought leadership for AWS customers.
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge within the AWS architect community.
• Educate customers through white papers, webinars, and events.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AI/GenAI expertise

Public speaking

Technical presentations

Whiteboard problem solving

Solution design

Tools

Cloud hosting

Web services

AI tooling

Job description

Our mission is to be the trusted advisors and thought leaders who enable software companies to succeed in their missions. We earn trust by listening to our customers, prioritizing their needs, and delivering value so they can make well-informed decisions and create a better world.

Do you want to be part of a team helping to establish Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leading innovation platform? Do you have a knack for helping groups understand application architectures and integration approaches, and the consultative and leadership skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success?

Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing business as part of the AWS Product Acceleration program. This program is centered around helping AWS customers bring their new idea to market using modern cloud-native architectures and AI-powered solutions. We equip customers with the technical and business guidance they need to be successful. Addressing this market need is the goal of the Product Acceleration program.

As a Solutions Architect on our team, you will provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to our customers while working with a world class sales and business development team. This will include a range of deliverables, including architectural proposals and deep dives, POC solutions, blogging, conducting workshops, driving adoption of AI-Driven software product development processes, and lots of whiteboard problem solving, and celebrating the launch of a customer solution!

You will lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solution architect community.

Candidates should have a broad and deep set of product architecture and design skills. We're looking for builders who have hands-on, in-the-weeds experience designing and developing software solutions that leverage AI and GenAI capabilities. You will get the opportunity to learn from, collaborate with, and educate senior engineers at both top AWS customers and AWS service teams, influencing their roadmaps and driving innovation. Strong public speaking and writing skills are required. In this role, candidates will also have the opportunity to write white papers, deliver technical webinars, and speak at events.

• Helping our customers to design and create cloud computing architectures integrated with AI and GenAI technologies
• Our company credo: "Work hard. Have fun. Make history." It's critical to love what you do and take pride in your value proposition to our customers.
• Deep-dive technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends, particularly in AI and machine learning.

With experience in the following key areas:

• Technical presentation experience - White board, small and large group presentations
• Technical - Cloud-hosted software development/deployment experience, cloud computing, AI/ML implementation, and GenAI solutions
• Operational - Cloud-hosted software operations, management, security, and AI governance
• Ability to travel 30%

Key job responsibilities

As a Solutions Architect on our team, you will provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to our customers while working with a world class sales and business development team. You will lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solution architect community. You will gain the opportunity to learn from, collaborate with, and educate some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today across the breadth of enterprise architecture.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the following:

• Helping our customers to design and create cloud computing architectures
• Our company credo: "Work hard. Have fun. Make history." It's critical to love what you do and take pride in your value proposition to your customers.
• Deep-dive technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends.

With experience in the following key areas:

• Technical presentation experience - White board, small and large group presentations
• Technical - Web Services development/deployment experience, cloud computing
• Operational - Web site/services operations, management, and security
• Ability to travel 30%

A day in the life

• In partnership with the Sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform
• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud