Startup Solutions Architect, San Francisco GenAI Startups

Amazon • San Francisco, CA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Solutions Architect passionate about startups and helping founders solve complex technical challenges in the early stages of company building. This role involves deep engagement within San Francisco's startup ecosystem, working directly with early-stage founders across various industries including AI/ML, FinTech, ClimateTech, healthcare, consumer, and B2B SaaS. The primary goal is to guide founders in making pragmatic architectural decisions that support rapid growth without compromising future scalability. You will act as a trusted technical advisor, building lasting relationships and helping startups navigate critical technical choices, from initial architecture design to scaling after unexpected growth or addressing compliance challenges. Beyond direct founder engagement, you will contribute to product development by providing startup feedback, stay technically current, and share knowledge through content creation and event presentations within the San Francisco startup and developer community.

Requirements

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience.
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries.
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud.
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective.
• Experience working with end user or developer communities.

Responsibilities

• Work hands-on with early-stage founders to design and iterate on architectures that are practical for their current needs but built to scale as they grow.
• Help startups navigate the fast-moving GenAI landscape, from selecting the right foundation models and AI services to building production-ready AI-powered products and services.
• Guide founders through the real challenges of building GenAI applications, including managing model costs, latency, accuracy, safety, and AI best practices.
• Support startups in building the right data foundations to power their AI products, whether that's vector databases, data pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or fine-tuning workflows.
• Build and deepen relationships within San Francisco's startup ecosystem, including top accelerators like Y Combinator, incubators, and leading VC firms.
• Be a voice for your founders, connecting their feedback and needs directly to product and engineering teams to help shape the tools and services being built for them.
• Create technical content tailored to early-stage startups, such as blog posts, reference architectures, and sample code, that helps founders move faster and spend less time reinventing the wheel.
• Share your expertise at startup events, demo days, and developer meetups across the San Francisco ecosystem to build trust and visibility in the community.

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: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed