Amazon Selling Partner API (SP-API) is the next generation suite of API-based automation functionality for Amazon's Selling Partners. We are looking for an experienced and self-motivated Solutions Architect, who possesses a unique balance of technical depth and customer-facing experience, to contribute to the development of the SP-API ecosystem and enable customers on their integration journey.
As a trusted advisor, you will help organizations—from start-ups to enterprise customers—understand opportunities to develop and integrate with Selling Partner APIs. You'll collaborate with external customers and internal teams to craft optimized, scalable, and secure solutions while providing thought leadership through documentation, public speaking, and reference architectures.
You should be comfortable building technical credibility with API Developers, Solution Architects, Product Managers and C-level stakeholders. The ability to link technology with measurable business value is critical to a Solutions Architect role. You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges.
Key job responsibilities
- Accelerate business outcomes by developing technical products that accelerate secure API development journey such as reference architectures, SDKs and code samples
- Provide technical support and architectural guidance directly to API developers looking to build with Amazon SP-API.
- Write tutorials, white papers, and technical articles that educate SP-API developers on fundamentals of the API, integration best practices, and business opportunities
- Work with customers to understand their API usage and their unmet needs, and provide feedback to internal development teams
- Ensure existing and emerging SP-API solutions comply with Amazon acceptable use policies, security standards, and best practices
- Act as a technical liaison between customer, support & engineering, and business teams
A day in the life The Solutions Architect team supporting the Selling Partner API (SP-API) is responsible for helping external developers, ISVs, and partners successfully build API applications. In a typical week, you will engage with multiple customers—guiding them through API best practices, authentication workflows, and scalable integration patterns across Orders, Catalog, Fulfillment, and Notifications APIs. You will earn their trust and show them the art of the possible, educating partners on automating inventory management, streamlining order processing, and building seamless selling experiences. Partnering with internal Amazon teams, you'll craft reliable, compliant solutions that address our partners' unique business challenges.
About the team Our global Solutions Architecture team enables technology Solution Providers to build on Selling Partner API. We bring value to the developer community by providing direct guidance and thought leadership on building scalable solutions using well-architected best practices.
Basic Qualifications
- 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
- 7+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
- Bachelor's degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
- Experience with AWS technologies
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
- Experience with AI/ML technologies
- Knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, and AI-powered automation solutions
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Irving - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually