Sr. Prototyping Architect, Prototyping and AI Customer Engineering (PACE)

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Build the future of AI innovation alongside AWSs most forward-thinking customers. The AWS Prototyping and AI Customer Engineering (PACE) team transforms ambitious ideas into working Generative AI and Agentic AI prototypes in days and weeks - not months - and we need world-class builders who can turn customer visions into reality. If youre passionate about full-stack development love experimenting with cutting-edge AI technologies and thrive on shipping prototypes that demonstrate whats possible with large language models autonomous agents and multi-agent systems this is your opportunity to make history.

In this role youll work hands-on with customers to architect and build production-ready AI prototypes using the latest Generative AI technologies - from prompt engineering and RAG architectures to function calling autonomous agents and complex multi-agent orchestration. Youll leverage AI-driven development tools to write code faster exploring agentic workflows where AI systems can reason plan use tools and collaborate to solve complex problems. Youll be a full-stack developer comfortable with multiple languages and frameworks combining modern application patterns with AWS AI services to rapidly deliver solutions that showcase the transformative potential of Generative AI and Agentic AI. This isnt traditional consulting - youll be writing code making architectural decisions about agent behaviors and LLM integrations and creating breakthrough experiences that influence how organizations globally approach AI adoption.

Position requires travel - generally 25%

Key job responsibilities
Architect and build working Generative AI and Agentic AI prototypes directly with customers using AWS AI services (Bedrock SageMaker Q Developer) and cloud-native architectures including autonomous agents multi-agent systems RAG architectures and LLM-powered applications that demonstrate production-ready solutions
Leverage AI-driven development tools (Cursor Kiro Q Developer Cline Windsurf) to accelerate prototype development implementing patterns like prompt engineering function calling agent orchestration and tool use
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers on LLM selection agent design patterns agentic architectures and AI adoption strategies guiding them through complex technical decisions and trade-offs
Collaborate with Technical Program Managers and Design Technologists to deliver customer engagements on time while partnering with AWS service teams to provide feedback and influence AI product roadmaps
Create and share reusable patterns and thought leadership through agent frameworks code libraries technical content whitepapers blogs and conference presentations that accelerate Generative AI and Agentic AI adoption across the AWS customer base

A day in the life
Your morning starts with team standup where you and fellow Prototyping Architects align with your Technical Program Manager on customer momentum breakthrough patterns and hard problems at agentic AIs edge. Then into deep coding work building transformative agentic solutions orchestrating multi-agent patterns integrated with AWS AI services. You make architectural decisions that drive measurable business outcomes: faster resolution smarter recommendations autonomous scaling. Mid-morning brings a strategic conversation with customer leadership on how agentic architectures power their business. Afternoon: architecting a retail shopping assistant with specialized agents collaborating with Design Technologists. You document edge cases and patterns that become blueprints for future engagements. As day closes youre context-switching between production code architectural decisions and translating innovation into strategic language for leadership. Youre building solutions that illuminate the path for how enterprises adopt transformative AI.



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- 8 years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development cloud computing systems engineering infrastructure security networking data & analytics) experience
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers or experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience working with or having knowledge of cloud computing and existing cloud technologies
- 4 years of programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Python Golang PowerShell Ruby experience
- Working knowledge of AI/ML technologies with particular interest in or exposure to Generative AI large language models or emerging AI technologies

- Proven experience architecting production-grade solutions on AWS with specific experience in generative AI and large language model services
- Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems: multi-agent orchestration tool use autonomous reasoning patterns
- Proficiency in leveraging AI-driven development workflows to accelerate prototyping and delivery
- Track record of delivering customer prototypes and POCs that shaped enterprise adoption strategies
- AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect Developer or Machine Learning) or equivalent

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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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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 CA Santa Clara - 176600.00 - 239000.00 USD annually