Senior Solutions Developer, Prototyping & Customer Engineering

Do you have a builders mentality where show me means more than tell me Are you passionate about technology understand cloud architectures & platforms and quick to pick up emerging technologies Are you adept at working with Customers to experiment with innovative approaches and the validate the technical feasibility of solutions
As trusted customer advocates the Prototyping and Customer Engineering (PACE) team helps customers in creating the early iterations of products and solutions often exploring new technical grounds. The team is looking for experienced and motivated technologists who possess a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal and writing skills.

As a prototype developer you will partner with customers and other AWS teams to craft solutions that address customer use cases and accelerate the adoption of AWS. You will help shape and build prototypes covering a spread of domains across a range of industry verticals like automotive energy health care telco manufacturing and media and entertainment. The ability to learn new technology and develop solutions that meet a high-quality bar and convey business value is critical to the role. In this role its imperative that youre self-guided and disciplined in managing your time to ensure success.
You will help shape and build prototypes covering a spread of domains such as AI/ML AR/VR/Spatial IoT and Serverless. Most prototypes explore the art of the possible with Generative AI. The ability to learn new technology and develop solutions that meet a high-quality bar and convey business value is critical to the role.

Here are some qualities we are looking for:
Have a passion for educating training designing and building cloud solutions for a diverse and challenging set of customers which are primarily large enterprises.
The ideal candidate will have past experience working as a developer or hands-on solutions architect. You will enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed and developing new ones. You will regularly take part in deep-dive education and design exercises to create world-class solutions built on AWS.
As a technical leader you combine design and architecture knowledge with development capability (i.e. comfortable on the white-board and also on the keyboard).
You will engage often in early stages of customer use-cases and also in competitive situations. Being able to deal with ambiguity good communication and being hands-on are important qualities - you will often be the lead technical person in the room and you will be collaborating with other senior leaders from technical and business domains.
Push the technical bar. You will have appetite and take the initiative to learn new topics and experiment covering domains such as AI/ML serverless Blockchain AR/VR/Spatial and IoT in an enterprise context.
Be great fun to work with. At AWS we have a credo of Work hard. Have fun. Make history. In this role you will love what you do and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative willing to take on complex challenges and make a big impact.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were 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.

Key job responsibilities
-Engage with customers on a specific use case to determine desired outcomes define a scope and design and implement it (code CDK docs) with a small team of developers in 6 weeks
-Identify opportunities to scale your impact through internal and external facing initiatives
-Mentor others

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the 8 description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

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Work/Life Balance
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A day in the life
While on a customer prototype engagement you will work collaboratively with other developers TPM and specialists to deliver results. The small team working on the prototype will change from project to project based on availability specialized skills required and career growth interests. Team members come from across the US and EMEA. Larger team meetings occur periodically to share knowledge and get updates on goals etc.

- 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

- 5 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
- Proficiency developing in one or more modern programming language such as Java Python and/or Javascript/ Typescript/

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 Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.