Specialist Solutions Architect - GenAI, Data & AI GTM

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Portland (OR); On-site; USD 153,600 - 207,800; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an AWS GenAI Specialist Solutions Architect to be the SME for designing agentic AI solutions for developers.

In this role you will interact with customers to understand business problems and help implement AI solutions, deliver sessions, and guide adoption paths for AI-driven software engineering. You will collaborate with data scientists and solution architects, develop white papers and reference implementations, and create field enablement materials to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain experience (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting experience in applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.

Responsibilities

• Represent the voice of the customer; bring customer feedback to product teams to influence feature development and future product roadmap.
• Provide advanced technical knowledge to your domain-aligned GTM teams to unblock our customers’ largest and most critical business challenges.
• Act as a thought leader, sharing best practices through forums such as AWS blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures and public-speaking events such as AWS Summit, AWS re:Invent, etc.
• Partner with Business Development teams to define the technical components of best-in-class GTM concepts, solutions, and initiatives.
• Develop and support an AWS internal community of technical subject matter experts worldwide; create field enablement materials for the broader SA population to help them understand how to integrate Amazon Web Services solutions into customer architectures.

Skills

Tech domain exp

Design & implementation

IT development/consulting

Job description

Do you want to help define the future of Go to Market (GTM) at AWS using Agentic AI? AWS Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists with deep domain‑specific expertise, able to address advanced concepts and feature designs. As part of the AWS sales organization, SSAs work with customers who have complex challenges that require expert‑level knowledge to solve. SSAs craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that address those challenges, guiding customers as they refactor an application or designing entirely new cloud‑based systems. Do you enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS GenAI Specialist SA!

AWS is looking for a Specialist Solutions Architect who will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for helping customers in designing solutions that leverage our agentic AI services for software developers. You will interact with customers directly to understand the business problem, help and aid them in implementation of AI solutions, deliver briefing and deep dive sessions, and guide customers on adoption patterns and paths for AI‑driven software engineering. As part of the Worldwide Specialist organization, you will work closely with other SAs from various geographies to enable large‑scale customer use cases and drive the adoption of Amazon Web Services for AI services. You will collaborate with Data Scientists and Solution Architects, provide guidance on their customer engagements, develop white papers, blogs, reference implementations, and presentations to enable customers and partners to fully leverage AI services on Amazon Web Services, and create field enablement materials for the broader technical field population to help them understand how to integrate AWS AI solutions into customer architectures. You will drive effective feedback gathering from customers and translate that feedback into clear business and technical requirements for product and engineering teams.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Represent the voice of the customer; bring customer feedback to product teams to influence feature development and future product roadmap.
• Provide advanced technical knowledge to your domain‑aligned GTM teams to unblock our customers’ largest and most critical business challenges.
• Act as a thought leader, sharing best practices through forums such as AWS blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures and public‑speaking events such as AWS Summit, AWS re:Invent, etc.
• Partner with Business Development teams to define the technical components of best‑in‑class GTM concepts, solutions, and initiatives.
• Develop and support an AWS internal community of technical subject matter experts worldwide; create field enablement materials for the broader SA population to help them understand how to integrate Amazon Web Services solutions into customer architectures.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain experience (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting experience in applications and infrastructures
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include working safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhering to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicating effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and following all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position, including the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress, work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually

USA, CA, Santa Clara - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually

USA, OR, Portland - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.