Principal, Senior, Distinguished Engineer, AWS Applied AI Solutions

Description

We are hiring Principal, Senior, and Distinguished Engineers to join AWS Applied AI Solutions. AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is revolutionizing the future of work and enterprise technology with AI solutions that improve human capabilities and business outcomes. Our vision is to empower every business to innovate with Amazon AI teammates that make intelligent operations effortless. This spans customer engagement (Connect Customer AI), healthcare (Connect Health), supply chain and demand planning (Connect Decisions), high-volume hiring (Connect Talent), scientific discovery (Bio Discovery), physical retail (Just Walk Out), end-user computing (Amazon WorkSpaces), cloud workforce development (AWS Training and Certification), and AI-powered cloud operations (AWS Support).

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver strategic technical projects and design new software systems at scale
• Lead architecture and engineering strategy for enterprise AI solutions across multiple domains
• Mentor and guide engineers while solving complex technical challenges hands-on
• Work cross-functionally with Principal Engineers and teams across AWS Applied AI Solutions
• Scout and recruit top technical talent, actively growing the engineering community
• Drive a strong engineering excellence and operational culture across all products and teams
• Shape technical direction for systems critical to shipping finished AI solutions to enterprise customers
• Balance technical expertise with strong analytical skills to make informed architectural decisions

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of design, development engineering experience.
• Experience collaborating across multiple organizations and influencing key outcomes.
• Experience as a technical leader of multiple concurrent projects, driving strategic technical decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with big data systems, analytics, containerized microservices, serverless functions, and event-driven architecture
• Experience shipping business-grade AI solutions and agentic systems
• Hands-on experience building and iterating on AI/ML-driven products, including prototypes through production systems

Pay

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.

Schedule

Location-specific schedules are available upon request.