Sr Solutions Architect, Alexa+

Amazon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 176,600 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Solutions Architect for the Alexa+ team in Sunnyvale, California. In this strategic role, you will drive the adoption of Alexa+ across partners, influence product development, and lead complex projects. The ideal candidate has extensive technology design experience, excels in technical communication with high-level stakeholders, and mentors junior architects.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent and provides a salary range of $176,600 to $239,000 annually. Benefits include health insurance, flexible spending accounts, and parental leave.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in specific technology domains.
• Experience communicating with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of LLMs in GenAI applications.

Responsibilities

• Design large-scale solution architecture frameworks.
• Drive technical engagement with strategic partners.
• Collaborate with product leadership on new capabilities.

Skills

Cloud computing

Software development

Systems engineering

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Job description

Alexa+ team seeks an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to drive strategic adoption of Alexa+ across Tier-1 partners and shape the future of Generative AI integrations at scale.

Powered by GenAI, Alexa+ is a personal AI assistant that gets things done—smarter, more conversational, more capable, and available across our family of devices: screened, non-screened, mobile, FireTV, and Alexa.com, to name a few. Rebuilt from the ground up, this version of Alexa uses a state-of-the-art architecture that automatically connects a variety of large language models, agentic capabilities, services, and devices at scale.

In this role you will serve as the voice of the developer, representing Amazon as a senior technical leader. You will manage relationships with customer senior leadership, provide technical consultation to key development partners, and lead complex cross‑team projects. Responsibilities include identifying future trends and product gaps, developing reusable architectural frameworks, and establishing best practices that empower the broader SA community. You will operate with a strong product mindset, translate complex technical concepts into business value for senior leaders, and help partners identify innovative applications for Alexa's capabilities while making strategic trade‑offs for long‑term goals.

Our ideal candidate brings extensive technology solution design experience, proven success leading large‑scale cloud architectural implementations, and a track record of driving technical strategy with executive stakeholders. You combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership abilities to drive cross‑team change and mentor other architects, building lasting partnerships at the highest levels.

Key job responsibilities

Technical Innovation & Excellence

• Design and establish large‑scale solution design and architectural frameworks that drive consistent implementation across multiple partner portfolios
• Create reference patterns and LLM optimization standards that simplify complex problems and become adopted both internally and externally
• Make high‑judgment technical decisions independently in ambiguous situations, determining appropriate solution strategies with significant business impact

Partner & Business Impact

• Drive C‑level technical engagement with strategic partners, establishing technology roadmaps that drive Amazon and partner flywheels
• Establish scalable processes and frameworks that accelerate adoption across categories, not just individual partners
• Influence Alexa+'s customer and developer experience through synthesis of market trends, competitive intelligence, and strategic partner feedback

Strategic Leadership & Development

• Collaborate with product leadership during early formation stages of new capabilities, directly influencing product requirements and go‑to‑market strategies
• Accelerate SA community development by mentoring junior architects, performing technical promotion assessments, and establishing team best practices
• Represent Amazon as a recognized thought leader at major industry events, establishing technical credibility that opens new strategic partnership opportunities

A day in the life

You will engage in deep, technical discussions to design solutions, solve problems, and coordinate Alexa+ feature implementations to raise the bar on the customer experience. You’ll act as the voice of the developer with our domain, product and engineering teams to influence roadmaps using strong product insights, data‑driven analysis, and a working‑backwards mindset.

About the team

Our mission is to source and onboard delightful, useful, and engaging experiences to Alexa+ that help customers and enterprises get things done. We are a diverse group of technologists who bridge the gap between business development, internal product and engineering teams, and customers.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive‑level stakeholders or clients
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Working knowledge of LLMs and their application in GenAI applications

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries
• Experience working with end‑user or developer communities
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS

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

Base salary range: USA, CA, San Francisco – 176,600.00 – 239,000.00 USD annually; USA, CA, Sunnyvale – 176,600.00 – 239,000.00 USD annually; USA, WA, Bellevue – 153,600.00 – 207,800.00 USD annually; USA, WA, Seattle – 153,600.00 – 207,800.00 USD annually.

Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and optional supplemental plans), EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.