Amazon
Sr. Solutions Architect, Cross-Industry Greenfield
$154K–$229K
Boston, MA +6 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Location
- Boston, MA
Austin, TX
Arlington, VA
New York, NY
Chicago, IL
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX - Experience
- 8+ years in technology domain areas and 3+ years in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering).
About the job
Advises AWS customers on cloud architecture and business outcomes, then builds and validates working solutions, prototypes, and reusable technical assets to support adoption and delivery.
What you'll do
- Design end-to-end architectures and advise customer stakeholders on security, scalability, reliability, performance, cost, and modernization.
- Build and validate proof points in sandbox and customer non-production environments, applying security, governance, and production standards.
- Coordinate with account, sales, product, and delivery teams; create reusable assets, mentor others, and share technical guidance.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience in technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data and analytics.
- 3+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructures.
- Bachelor's degree, or Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering).
- Experience with a modern programming language; sustained customer technical advisory experience; ability to independently design and build working solutions; and strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- Hands-on proficiency with AI/ML in production, including agentic architectures, RAG pipelines, foundation model integration, or AI-augmented development workflows.
- Pre-sales or customer-facing technical advisory experience, relevant technology certifications, or a record of producing reusable technical work.
Pay
USD 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 annually base salary (Chicago, Boston, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Arlington); USD 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 annually base salary (New York)
Tools
Python, Java, TypeScript, AI/ML, RAG
AI focus
Uses AI-assisted development to accelerate proof-of-value delivery; preferred experience includes production AI/ML, agentic architectures, RAG pipelines, foundation model integration, or AI-augmented development workflows.
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