Sr. Prototyping Solutions Architect, AWS Specialists and Partner Prototyping Team

Do you have a builder's mentality where "show me" means more than "tell me"? Are you passionate about technology, understand cloud architectures and platforms, and quick to pick up emerging technologies? Are you adept at working with customers to experiment with innovative approaches and validate the technical feasibility of solutions?

Core to Amazon's DNA is its methodology around executing experiments and prototypes to find the quickest way to prove new ideas, technologies, and business models in a real-world environment. This experimentation fuels Amazon's innovation.

Our team does horizon exploration. We take emerging technology, including our own inventions, build working prototypes with customers and partners, and demonstrate what becomes possible before the rest of the market gets there. Prototyping is how we do the work. Pushing the technology horizon is why we do it.

The role of the Prototyping Solutions Architect will apply these methods to assemble and build prototypes with leading customers around the world. You'll work closely with AWS Sales Teams and AWS Service Developers to partner with customers to solve hard problems. Engagements run in short build cycles, typically four to six weeks, and are designed to be innovative and evaluative, demonstrating the art of the possible on AWS while proving a credible path to production.

AWS is seeking a senior technical professional with real world expertise and experience to join the AWS Specialist Prototyping team to support our rapidly growing and dynamic business.

Key job responsibilities

+ Work with AWS Prototyping engagement managers, solutions architects, customers, and partners to qualify and scope strategic prototyping use cases

+ Architect, design, develop and build working prototypes with customers

+ Extract best-practice knowledge, reference architectures, and patterns from engagements to promote re-use with the worldwide AWS community

+ Share insights and lessons learned with AWS Service teams to contribute to the continual improvement of AWS services based on Customer need

+ Develop and present detailed technical demonstrations and talks to Business and Technical leaders on 1:1 and 1:many/conference type situations

+ Position requires travel - generally around 25%

The mission of AWS Prototyping is to accelerate customer adoption of AWS, expedite their path to production, and catalyze a culture of innovation.

Prototyping at AWS helps customers envision complex uses of AWS Services by building working prototypes of specific customer use cases, tailored to their data, devices and systems. Prototyping engagements are designed to be innovative and evaluative, demonstrating "the art of the possible" on AWS.

You will build across the areas where we are placing our biggest bets. These shift as the technology does, but today they include:

• Physical AI and autonomous robotics. World models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, cloud-based and agentic VLA, real-to-sim and sim-to-real pipelines, and agentic control of physical systems.
• Autonomous scientific discovery. Self-driving labs and instrument intelligence, where agents plan, run, and interpret experiments across fleets of scientific instruments.
• Agentic developer intelligence. Multi-agent systems, code agents, and automated research workflows that change how software and science get built.
• Scaling what we learn. Turning one-off prototypes into reusable patterns and assets the broader field can pick up and run with.

You will not just apply these techniques. You will help prove or disprove new bets in the open, with real customer problems and working code.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

• 6+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 6+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• Experience with presentations and speaking with executives, IT, management, and developers
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
• Experience writing technical articles, speaking at technology conferences, and contributing to open source
• Experience building prototypes, proofs of concept, or minimum viable products under tight timelines.
• Hands-on depth in one or more emerging technology areas such as AI and machine learning, data, IoT and edge, or robotics.
• Comfortable learning new services and tools quickly, and willing to travel approximately 25%.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, Santa Clara – 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually

USA, NY, New York – 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon – 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle – 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually