Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading the next phase of AI adoption and seeking a hands-on AI Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) to help customers transform AI ambition into production-ready solutions.
As part of the AWS sales organization, you'll work with customers facing complex AI/ML challenges that require expert-level knowledge. You'll craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures while serving as a trusted advisor throughout their generative AI and agentic AI journey.
Key job responsibilities • Build trusted technical relationships with customers of all sizes, serving as their advisor for GenAI/ML and Agentic AI adoption across their cloud journey
• Manage technical relationships between AWS and customers, providing recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability, and operational efficiency to accelerate AI/ML projects
• Act as voice of customer internally, sharing feedback and requirements to influence the AWS GenAI/ML and Agentic features roadmap
• Design cloud-native architectures that link technology to tangible solutions, defining GenAI/ML and Agentic architectural patterns for diverse use cases
• Create and share technical content including whitepapers, code samples, blog posts, and reference architectures; evangelize AWS AI capabilities through workshops, conferences, meetups, and online channels
• Lead technical deep dives and workshops, contributing reusable code, reference architectures, and technical assets for the broader engineering organization
A day in the life Your day will be a dynamic blend of technical problem-solving and strategic collaboration. You'll engage with customers across diverse industries, diving deep into their unique AI challenges and crafting innovative cloud-native solutions. From architecting complex AI systems to developing reference implementations, you'll be at the forefront of technological innovation.
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Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in designing and implementing application and infrastructure solutions
- 3+ years of technical customer engagement and resource management experience
- 3+ years of production AI system design experience
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and AI/ML services to build secure AI environments and implement RAG using embeddings, vector stores, and semantic search.
- Strong communication skills with ability to influence technical and business decision-makers across diverse audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud technology certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP Solutions Architect or equivalent)
- Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, or related quantitative field
- Experience with LLM optimization techniques (e.g., LoRA/QLoRA, Instruction Tuning, RLHF) for domain-specific tasks
- Expertise in architecting AI systems for highly regulated or security-sensitive environments (Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector)
- Proven track record of leading complex, innovative technology initiatives with measurable business impact
- Hands-on experience with cloud AI/ML services (e.g., AWS Bedrock/SageMaker, Azure OpenAI Service/Azure ML, Google Vertex AI) for production RAG implementations
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