AWS Solutions Architect – Data & AI

Gruve • Redwood City, CA

6h • $170,000 - $220,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Gruve is building an AWS-aligned Data & AI execution capability focused on helping enterprises move Data & AI workloads from pilot to production. We are hiring an AWS Solutions Architect – Data & AI who will operate in tight alignment with AWS account teams, Partner Solutions Architects, and Data & AI Specialists to design, validate, and deploy secure, scalable, and cost-efficient AI solutions on AWS. This is a hands-on, field-aligned senior individual contributor role where you will own architecture from discovery through production readiness, ensuring solutions meet AWS best practices and stand up to deep technical scrutiny.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in solutions architecture or technical consulting.
• Deep hands-on AWS experience.
• Strong background in Data, Analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
• Customer-facing architecture leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

• AWS certifications.
• Experience with AWS co-sell motions.
• Enterprise security and governance knowledge.
• Track record of taking AI workloads from POC to production.
• Experience with Snowflake is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical success of customer workloads from discovery through early production.
• Lead architecture discussions covering business objectives, current-state constraints, and target-state AWS architectures.
• Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework to all designs.
• Architect solutions using AI/ML services including Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, Knowledge Bases, SageMaker, Strands, and related AI/ML platforms.
• Demonstrate understanding and ability to technically deep dive into: Prompt management Agent tool development Agent memory management Error handling Security and authentication Monitoring, visibility, and auditing MCP, A2A, and other widely used agent protocols Hands-on experience with agent building and testing.
• Strong understanding of foundation models including transformers, attention layers, multi-modality, embedding models, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
• Design with AWS Data services such as S3, Redshift, DynamoDB, and RDS.
• Ensure secure handling of data services including VPC configuration, network routing, and role/permission management (IAM).
• Make architectural decisions balancing speed, cost, security, and operability.
• Work closely with AWS Account SAs, Partner SAs, and Data & AI Specialists.
• Support co-sell motions through joint customer meetings, architecture validation, and proof-of-value engagements.
• Ensure architectures are implementable, secure, observable, and production-ready.
• Stay engaged through early production phases to ensure workload success.
• Contribute to reusable AWS reference architectures and delivery patterns.
• Enable sales and BD teams with technically sound solution narratives.

Benefits

• At Gruve, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed