Startup Solutions Architect: Build & Scale with Founders

Amazon Inc.

Santa Monica, Northern (CA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 154,000 - 208,000

Full time

18 hours ago
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Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Santa Monica seeks a Sr. Startup Solutions Architect to partner with early‑stage founders, translating ideas into scalable architectures. You’ll prototype with frontier AI, guide foundation models, and deliver production‑ready AI products while balancing cost, latency, and risk.

You’ll stay hands‑on, demo solutions, and influence AWS product direction by sharing founder feedback and market signals. An entrepreneurial mindset and strong cross‑team collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data & analytics.
  • 2+ years designing, implementing, or consulting in applications and infrastructure.
  • Experience building apps using AWS services like Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, and Kubernetes.
  • Ability to convey complex tech concepts to technical and business audiences.
  • Hands-on GenAI experience with foundation models, agents, or RAG in prototype or production.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to a portfolio of early‑stage founders, designing right‑sized architectures that scale.
  • Get hands‑on: prototype, build reference patterns, and demo working solutions with founders.
  • Explain architecture decisions made by agents and models, outlining tradeoffs and costs.
  • Guide startups through GenAI tech choices, foundation models, and production‑ready AI products.
  • Help founders with pragmatic build‑and‑scale decisions while balancing runway and milestones.
  • Stay technically sharp by exploring new models and tools to stay credible with builders.
  • Build relationships across SF startup ecosystem and top accelerators and VCs.
  • Represent founder feedback to AWS product/engineering teams to shape tools.
  • Identify emerging tech trends and translate signals into AWS roadmaps.
  • Share expertise at startup events and demos to build trust and visibility.

Skills

Cloud computing
Systems engineering
Security
Networking
Data & analytics
Applications & infrastructure
GenAI foundations

Tools

Claude Code
Codex
Bedrock
RAG

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Santa Monica seeks a Sr. Startup Solutions Architect to partner with early‑stage founders, translating ideas into scalable architectures. You’ll prototype with frontier AI, guide foundation models, and deliver production‑ready AI products while balancing cost, latency, and risk.

You’ll stay hands‑on, demo solutions, and influence AWS product direction by sharing founder feedback and market signals. An entrepreneurial mindset and strong cross‑team collaboration are essential.

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