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Startup Solutions Architect, Frontier AI, San Francisco Frontier AI Startups

Amazon$151K — $204K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructures.
  • 4+ years of experience in technology domains like software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, or data & analytics.
  • Experience in software development or internet-related industries is preferred.
  • Experience migrating or transforming legacy solutions to the cloud is a plus.
  • Familiarity with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with GenAI startups to architect scalable cloud solutions for AI model development.
  • Advise teams on critical design trade-offs for optimizing performance and reliability.
  • Translate feedback into technical requirements to influence AWS product development.
  • Create educational content including presentations and reference architectures for startups.
  • Establish technical relationships with accelerators, incubators, and venture capital to promote AWS.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription).
  • 401(k) matching plan.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and adoption reimbursement.
  • Mental health support and an employee assistance program (EAP).
Full Job Description
As a Startup Solutions Architect on the Frontier AI Startups team at Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will partner directly with early-stage companies that are developing, training, tuning, and deploying next-generation AI models at scale. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping founders and engineering teams navigate complex architectural decisions while making pragmatic trade-offs that match their stage and ambitions. You will build enduring customer relationships, advocate for startup needs with AWS product teams, and contribute technical content that helps the broader startup community succeed.

Key job responsibilities

- Partner with GenAI-focused startups to design end-to-end cloud architectures that support model development, training, tuning, and deployment across each stage of their growth

- Advise startup engineering teams on design trade-offs such as data store selection, scaling strategy, and performance optimization to deliver secure and reliable solutions

- Translate customer feedback into technical requirements and share them with AWS engineering teams to influence the platform roadmap

- Create and deliver technical content, including presentations, workshops, and reference architectures, that educates startups on effective use of AWS services

- Build technical relationships across the startup ecosystem, including accelerators, incubators, and venture capital partners, to expand awareness and adoption of AWS

A day in the life

You might start your morning reviewing an architecture proposal from a startup preparing to scale its large language model training pipeline, then jump on a call to walk the founders through cost-effective compute options. After lunch you could pair with a customer's engineering team to troubleshoot a data ingestion bottleneck, followed by drafting a reusable reference architecture based on the patterns you identified. Between customer engagements you will have dedicated time to explore new AWS services, sharpen your skills, and collaborate with teammates on upcoming technical talks or blog posts.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Francisco - 151,000.00 - 204,300.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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