Do you help healthcare organizations architect production AI/ML systems that improve patient outcomes at scale? Do you bring a technical vision for the future of healthcare AI — from generative AI and agentic architectures to clinical decision support and health data platforms? Are you a proven technical leader who uses expertise and judgment to determine the right goals and design long-term solutions? Would you like to be an influential healthcare AI/ML leader at Amazon Web Services?
Amazon Web Services is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect (SA III) to accelerate our healthcare AI/ML business as part of the World Wide Public Sector Healthcare & Life Sciences team. As a Specialist Solutions Architect within AWS, you will lead technical strategy and execution across a portfolio of healthcare and life sciences customers — from providers and payers to med-tech and bio-pharma — driving AI/ML adoption from experimentation through production.
Your broad responsibilities will include: • Leading complex, multi-stakeholder technical engagements and presenting decisions to leaders multiple tiers above your level • Defining AI/ML reference architectures and reusable patterns for clinical and operational healthcare use cases (agentic AI, clinical decision support, prior authorization, health data platforms, medical imaging, genomics) • Handling complex business and technology problems — defining and validating requirements, leading end-to-end design, and representing benefits and challenges of each approach • Influencing stakeholders and partners across the organization to drive best practices and force-multiply team impact • Mentoring and developing other technical professionals across the HCLS organization • Producing thought leadership content (blogs, reference architectures, re:Invent sessions, workshops) that simplifies and scales the team's impact
You will work with a world-class sales, business development, and specialist team, engaging with health AI/ML-focused partners and customers, including some of the leading providers of healthcare AI systems globally.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about:
• Helping healthcare organizations achieve their mission of better patient health through responsible AI • Designing production-grade AI/ML architectures in regulated environments (HIPAA, FDA, GxP) • Simplifying and driving the use of best practices across technical communities • Our company credo: "Work hard. Have fun. Make history."
With demonstrated experience in: • Executive engagement and communication —trusted to present to and influence senior leadership; whiteboard sessions, EBCs, and executive presentations • Healthcare AI/ML — architecting, building, or deploying production clinical AI systems (GenAI, agentic workflows, NLP, computer vision, or data platforms in healthcare) • Technical leadership — independently designing long-term solutions, taking the lead on initiatives, and delivering without close supervision • Influence and force multiplication — driving adoption of best practices, mentoring others, and scaling impact beyond individual contribution • Ability to travel 30%
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Basic Qualifications
- 6+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
- 5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- 3+ years of healthcare or life sciences industry experience in a technical capacity
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience writing technical articles, speaking at technology conferences, and contributing to open source
- Experience with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM) and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, FDA, GxP)
- Experience with AWS AI/ML services (Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, HealthLake, HealthOmics, Amazon Q, AgentCore)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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