Solutions Architect, Strategic Accounts

Job ID: 10558642 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Do you want to help customers build at unbelievable scale? Imagine influencing the architectural decisions of the largest applications ever built. Imagine collaborating with the industry's brightest technical minds. Imagine working with a team of high performing builders and innovators. As an AWS Solutions Architect, you will own the technical relationship and success of customers using AWS services. You will help AWS customers solve business challenges and speed up their products and services to market.

Solutions Architects give back to the technical community. You will author white-papers and reference architectures, to provide industry a point of view, on how to best use public cloud capabilities. You will co-create new products, deliver technical webinars, speak at public events, and file patents for what could be a future AWS services or features.

Along the way, you will develop expertise in AWS technologies and the Amazon culture of innovation. It's a rewarding (and challenging) role where you can do the best work of your career.

Qualities we are looking for

• Enjoy working with Enterprise customers.


• Passion for educating, training, designing, and building cloud solutions.


• Strong understanding of large-scale computing solutions.


• Previous experience working as a Systems or Support Engineer, including pre‑sales experience.


• Desire to hone technical skills and develop new ones.


• Using your skills to make strong contributions to deep architecture discussions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure success in building and migrating applications, software, and services on AWS.


• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS.


• Take part in architectural discussions that ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment.


• Conduct one‑to‑few and one‑to‑many training sessions (e.g. Dev Days or Immersion Days).


• Capture and share best‑practice knowledge amongst the AWS Solutions Architect community.


• Contribute to AWS customer‑facing publications such as white papers.


• Act as a technical liaison between customers, product development (service teams), and support.

Values AWS believes in

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon's twelve employee‑led affinity groups, reach 40,000 employees in 190+ chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance

Our team puts a high value on work‑life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life‑long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team dedicates themselves to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better‑rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience


• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience


• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries


• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud


• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective

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: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow 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. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and 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

USA, CA, San Francisco - 151,000.00 - 204,300.00 USD annually