Sr. Startup Solutions Architect, Solutions Architect, Startups
About the role
We are looking for technical builders who love the idea of working with early stage startups to help them as they grow. In this role, you'll work directly with a variety of interesting customers and help them make the best (and sometimes the most pragmatic) technical decisions along the way. You'll have a chance to build enduring relationships with these companies and establish yourself as a trusted advisor. As well as spending time working directly with customers, you'll also get time to "sharpen the saw" and keep your skills fresh. We have more than 200 services across a range of different categories and it's important that we can help startups take advantages of the right ones. You'll also play an important role as an advocate with our product teams to make sure we are building the right products for the startups you work with.
Key job responsibilities
- Help startups navigate the fast-moving GenAI landscape, from selecting the right foundation models and AI services to building production-ready AI-powered products and services
- Guide founders through the real challenges of building GenAI applications, including managing model costs, latency, accuracy, safety, and AI best practices
- Support startups in building the right data foundations to power their AI products, whether that's vector databases, data pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or fine-tuning workflows
- Build and deepen relationships within Southern California's startup ecosystem, including top accelerators, incubators, and leading VC firms
- Be a voice for your founders, connecting their feedback and needs directly to product and engineering teams to help shape the tools and services being built for them
- Create technical content tailored to startups, such as blog posts, reference architectures, and sample code, that helps founders move faster and spend less time reinventing the wheel
- Share your expertise at startup events, demo days, and developer meetups across the Southern California ecosystem to build trust and visibility in the community
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
Pay
- USA, CA, Irvine: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
- USA, CA, Santa Monica: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
Benefits
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.
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