Senior Prototyping Architect (Bay Area) Amazon
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Do you have a builder's mentality where "show me" means more than "tell me"? Are you passionate about technology, understand cloud architectures & platforms and quick to pick up emerging technologies? Are you adept at working with Customers to experiment with innovative approaches and the validate the technical feasibility of solutions?

Core to Amazon's DNA is its methodology around executing experiments and prototypes to find the quickest way to prove new ideas, technologies, and business models in a real-world environment. This experimentation fuels Amazon's innovation. The role of the Strategic Accounts Prototyping Architect will apply these methods to assemble and build prototypes for our top customers. You'll work closely with AWS Field Teams including Solution Architects, Technical Account Managers, and AWS Service Developers to partner with customers to solve hard problems. Amazon is seeking a senior technical professional to join the AWS Solutions Architecture team to support our rapidly growing and dynamic business.

Roles and Responsibilities

* Understand customer technical and business requirements, and work collaboratively with Customers to render working prototypes
* Prepare architecture and design briefs that outline key features and decision points and provide prescriptive guidance to Customers
* Develop and present detailed technical demonstrations to Senior Business and Technical leaders
* Extract best-practice knowledge, reference architectures, and patterns from these engagements to promote re-use with the worldwide AWS SA community