Strategic Data & AI Solutions Architecture Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 201,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader to build and lead a specialist Solutions Architect team focused on Data & AI within the Strategic Accounts organization.

You will set technical direction, coach architects, and shape AI data governance, infrastructure, and semantic layers to help large customers operationalize AI at scale. You will engage with enterprise leaders, guide multi-service engagements, and influence roadmaps across data foundations, AI/ML infrastructure,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
• Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams

Responsibilities

• Set technical vision and strategic direction for a team of specialist Solutions Architects spanning data architecture, AI/ML infrastructure, and open source domains
• Engage directly with customer CAIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and VPs of Engineering as a strategic advisor on AI readiness, data modernization, inference optimization, and emerging patterns such as semantic layers, context graphs, and agentic architectures
• Architect solutions alongside your team for complex, multi-service customer environments spanning data governance, accelerator optimization, training and inference infrastructure, and AI application design
• Hire, onboard, and develop senior technical talent; build a diverse and inclusive team culture that attracts and retains top performers
• Coach team members on architectural thinking, strategic customer engagement, and executive communication across both data and AI domains
• Develop prescriptive architectures, reference implementations, and competitive positioning that helps the broader field SA community lead AI and data conversations with their customers
• Represent the team externally through conference presentations, published architectures, and technical keynotes that establish AWS credibility across both the data platform and AI infrastructure space
• Partner with AWS service teams to shape product roadmaps based on customer signals and emerging trends
• Collaborate with peer SA leaders, Professional Services, and specialist organizations to deliver unified solutions across the full AI stack
• Drive open source engagement and contribution across data and AI ecosystems where it accelerates customer outcomes and builds community trust

Skills

Executive engagement

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Coaching teams

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kafka

Kinesis

Flink

SQL

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader to build and lead a specialist Solutions Architect team focused on Data & AI within the Strategic Accounts organization.

You will set technical direction, coach architects, and shape AI data governance, infrastructure, and semantic layers to help large customers operationalize AI at scale. You will engage with enterprise leaders, guide multi-service engagements, and influence roadmaps across data foundations, AI/ML infrastructure,