Solutions Architect, Amazon

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience

Desirable

• 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 plenty of 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 and features for the startups you work with
• And for the customers you don’t get to work with on a 1:1 basis you’ll share knowledge more broadly by working on technical content and presenting at events
• Help a diverse range of startups to adopt the right architecture at each part of their lifecycle
• Support startups in architecting scalable, reliable and secure solutions
• Support adoption of a broad range of AWS services to deliver business value and accelerate growth
• Support the evolution and roadmap of the AWS platform and services, connecting our engineering teams with our customers for feedback
• Establish and build technical relationships within the startup ecosystem, including accelerators, incubators and VCs
• Develop startup specific technical content, such as blog posts, sample code and solutions, to assist customers solve technical problems and reduce time-to-market