Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect - Database, Data & AI GTM

Amazon • Jersey City, NJ

9d • $153,600 - $239,000 • Remote

About The Position

This role is for a Specialist Solutions Architect focusing on Aurora PostgreSQL, targeting AWS's largest and most complex customers. The individual will be responsible for architecting, migrating, and operating PostgreSQL workloads on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. The position requires deep expertise in PostgreSQL, including performance tuning, replication, and migrations from commercial engines. The role also involves acting as a thought leader, mentoring teammates, publishing technical content, and presenting at industry events to elevate the PostgreSQL community on AWS. The team values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they don't meet all preferred qualifications.

Requirements

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Hands on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, or significant hands-on time with AWS database and migration services (DMS, SCT).
• Led migrations to Aurora as the technical owner.
• Experience with Aurora-specific features: storage architecture, fast cloning, Global Database, Performance/Database Insights, and Blue/Green Deployments.
• Experience architecting or operating PostgreSQL solutions at scale (multi-TB databases, tens of thousands of connections, cross-region replication).
• Have software development experience (Python, Java, etc.), and fluency with AI tooling (Kiro, Claude Code, Codex, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, operating, or engineering PostgreSQL-based systems in production environments at scale.
• Expertise in PostgreSQL internals and operational practices: MVCC and vacuum behavior, query planner and optimizer internals, pgvector, indexing strategies (B-tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN), replication (streaming, logical), extension ecosystem/architecture, and connection management.
• Demonstrated experience with database migrations, including schema conversion, data migration tooling, and performance validation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical advisor for AWS's key customers running or migrating to Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS for PostgreSQL, providing hands-on architectural guidance from design through production operation.
• Guide customers on Aurora PostgreSQL operational best practices including performance & scaling, high availability & durability, monitoring & observability, maintenance & patching, backup & recovery, security and operational hygiene.
• Design and validate Aurora PostgreSQL architectures that leverage Aurora-specific capabilities including storage auto-scaling, read replica scaling, Global Database, HA/DR, Serverless, ensuring customers realize the full value of the platform.
• Partner with the Aurora service team as the voice of the customer, surfacing recurring pain points, advocating for feature enhancements, and participating in roadmap reviews.
• Engage with customer engineers in whiteboard sessions, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives, providing candid guidance and pushing back diplomatically when a proposed design will not hold up at scale.
• Develop and publish technical thought leadership content including blogs, reference architectures, white papers, and re-usable artifacts, that elevate the broader PostgreSQL community on AWS.
• Advise customers complex database migrations (Oracle, SQL Server, and other engines to Aurora PostgreSQL).
• Present at key industry events including AWS re:Invent, AWS Summits, PostgreSQL community conferences (PGConf, PGDay), and customer-facing workshops.
• Stay current with PostgreSQL community developments (new major versions, extensions ecosystem, community tooling) and translate those advancements into actionable guidance for AWS customers.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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