Sr Solutions Architect, Alexa+

The Alexa+ team seeks an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to drive

strategic adoption of Alexa+ across Tier-1 partners, and shape the future of

Generative AI integrations at scale.

Powered by GenAI, Alexa+ is your new personal AI assistant that gets things done

- she’s smarter, more conversational, more capable, and is available across our

family of devices: screened, non-screened, mobile, FireTV, and Alexa.com, to

name a few. Rebuilt from the ground up, this new version of Alexa uses a

state-of-the-art architecture that automatically connects a variety of large

language models (LLMs), agentic capabilities, services, and devices at scale.

In your role as voice of the developer, and representing Amazon as a senior

technical leader, you’ll manage relationships with customer senior leadership,

providing technical consultation to key development partners, and lead complex

projects with cross-team impact.

Responsibilities

• include proactively
• identifying future trends and product gaps, developing reusable architectural
• frameworks to accelerate adoption, and establishing best practices that empower
• the broader SA community. This position requires operating with a strong product
• mindset, and leveraging that to translate complex technical concepts into
• business value for senior leaders while helping partners identify innovative
• applications for Alexa's capabilities, and make strategic trade-offs to achieve
• long-term goals.
• The ideal candidate brings extensive technology solution design experience,
• proven success leading large-scale cloud architectural implementations, and a
• track record of driving technical strategy with executive stakeholders. You
• combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership abilities, enabling you
• to drive cross-team change, and mentor other architects while building lasting
• partnerships at the highest levels.
• Key job responsibilities
• Technical Innovation & Excellence
• - Design and establish large-scale solution design and architectural frameworks
• that drive consistent implementation across multiple partner portfolios
• - Create reference patterns that simplify complex problems and become adopted
• both internally and externally
• - Make high judgment technical decisions independently in ambiguous situations,
• determining appropriate solution strategies with significant business impact
• Partner & Business Impact
• - Drive C-level technical engagement with strategic partners, establishing
• technology roadmaps that drive Amazon and partner flywheels
• - Establish scalable processes and frameworks that accelerate adoption across
• domains, not just individual partners
• - Influence Alexa+'s customer and developer experience through synthesis of
• market trends, competitive intelligence, and strategic partner feedback
• Strategic Leadership & Development
• - Collaborate with product leadership during early formation stages of new
• capabilities, directly influencing product requirements and go-to-market
• strategies
• - Accelerate SA community development by mentoring junior architects, performing
• technical promotion assessments, and establishing team best practices
• - Represent Amazon as a recognized thought leader at major industry events,
• establishing technical credibility that opens new strategic partnership
• opportunities
• A day in the life
• We’re looking for a highly talented and motivated Sr SA to join our Alexa+ team
• to help bring our partner experiences to life with Generative AI. You’ll engage
• in deep, technical discussions to design solutions, solve problems, and
• coordinate Alexa+ feature implementations to raise the bar on the customer
• experience. You’ll be acting as voice of the developer with our domain, product
• and engineering teams to influence roadmaps using strong product insights,
• data-driven analysis, and a working backwards mindset.

About the team

Our mission is to source and onboard, delightful, useful, and engaging third

party experiences to Alexa+ that helps customers get things done, and drives the

Amazon and partner flywheels. We are a diverse group of technologists who bridge

the gap between business development (BD), internal product and engineering

teams, and customers. Basic

Qualifications

• - 8+ years of specific technology
• domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering,
• infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• - Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences,
• including executive level stakeholders or clients
• - Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• - Designing and shipping LLM-powered features in production systems, with
• emphasis on system architecture (latency, streaming, orchestration) Preferred

Qualifications

• - 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the
• software or Internet industries experience
• - Experience working with end user or developer communities
• - Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
• 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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• customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or
• adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the
• interview or onboarding process, please visit
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• contact your Recruiting Partner.
• 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
• [https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].
• USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually