Sr Solutions Architect, Alexa+

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Alexa+ team is seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to drive the strategic adoption of Alexa+ across Tier-1 partners and shape the future of Generative AI integrations at scale. Alexa+ is a new personal AI assistant powered by GenAI, designed to be smarter, more conversational, and more capable, available across various devices including screened, non-screened, mobile, FireTV, and Alexa.com. This rebuilt version of Alexa utilizes a state-of-the-art architecture that integrates large language models (LLMs), agentic capabilities, services, and devices at scale. In this role, you will act as the voice of the developer and a senior technical leader for Amazon, managing relationships with senior customer leadership, providing technical consultation to key development partners, and leading complex projects with cross-team impact. Responsibilities include identifying future trends and product gaps, developing reusable architectural frameworks to accelerate adoption, and establishing best practices for the broader SA community. The position requires a strong product mindset to translate complex technical concepts into business value for senior leaders, help partners identify innovative applications for Alexa's capabilities, and make strategic trade-offs for long-term goals. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in technology solution design, proven success in large-scale cloud architectural implementations, and a track record of driving technical strategy with executive stakeholders. This role demands a combination of deep technical expertise and strong leadership abilities to drive cross-team change, mentor other architects, and build lasting high-level partnerships.

Requirements

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS
• Working knowledge of LLMs and their application in GenAI applications

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS

Responsibilities

• Design and establish large-scale solution design and architectural frameworks that drive consistent implementation across multiple partner portfolios.
• Create reference patterns and LLM optimization standards that simplify complex problems and become adopted both internally and externally.
• Make high judgment technical decisions independently in ambiguous situations, determining appropriate solution strategies with significant business impact.
• Drive C-level technical engagement with strategic partners, establishing technology roadmaps that drive Amazon and partner flywheels.
• Establish scalable processes and frameworks that accelerate adoption across categories, not just individual partners.
• Influence Alexa+'s customer and developer experience through synthesis of market trends, competitive intelligence, and strategic partner feedback.
• Collaborate with product leadership during early formation stages of new capabilities, directly influencing product requirements and go-to-market strategies.
• Accelerate SA community development by mentoring junior architects, performing technical promotion assessments, and establishing team best practices.
• Represent Amazon as a recognized thought leader at major industry events, establishing technical credibility that opens new strategic partnership opportunities.
• Engage in deep, technical discussions to design solutions, solve problems, and coordinate Alexa+ feature implementations to raise the bar on the customer experience.
• Act as the voice of the developer with domain, product, and engineering teams to influence roadmaps using strong product insights, data-driven analysis, and a working backwards mindset.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior