Senior Startup Solutions Architect, Amazon

• 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

Desirable

• We're looking for a Solutions Architect who wants to be deeply embedded in the Southern California startup ecosystem
• Early-stage startups are unlike any other customer. Founders are moving fast, resources are tight, and the technical decisions they make today can either unlock their growth or become a bottleneck six months from now
• Many of these companies are coming straight out of top accelerators or are freshly backed by leading VC firms, and they need a trusted technical advisor in their corner. This is where you come in
• In this role, you'll work directly with early-stage founders across a wide range of industries including Media & Entertainment, AI/ML, FinTech, ClimateTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer, B2B SaaS, and more
• You'll help them make smart, pragmatic architectural decisions that set them up to move fast without creating problems down the road
• You'll build real, lasting relationships with these founders and establish yourself as one of the first trusted technical voices in their journey. You won't be handing founders a generic playbook
• On any given week you might be helping a first-time founder think through their architecture before they've written a single line of code, helping a seed-stage company figure out how to scale after an unexpected viral launch, or working through a compliance challenge with a FinTech startup that needs to move quickly but can't afford to cut corners
• Beyond your direct work with founders, you'll have dedicated time to stay sharp and keep your technical skills current
• You'll also serve as a voice for the startups you work with, advocating internally to make sure the right products and features are being built for their needs
• And you'll have plenty of opportunities to share your expertise more broadly by writing technical content and presenting at startup and developer events across Southern California's ecosystem
• Work hands-on with early-stage founders to design and iterate on architectures that are practical for where they are today but built to scale as they grow
• 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 early-stage 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