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Amazon Sr. Solutions Developer, Prototyping and Customer Engineering (PACE) in Chicago, Illinois
Description
Do you have a builder’s mentality where “show me” means more than “tell me”? Are you passionate about technology, understand cloud architectures & platforms and quick to pick up emerging technologies? Are you adept at working with customers to experiment with innovative approaches and the validate the technical feasibility of solutions?
As trusted customer advocates, the Solutions Prototyping team helps customers in creating the early iterations of products and solutions, often exploring new technical grounds. The team is looking for experienced and motivated technologists who possess a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal and writing skills.
As a prototype developer will partner with customers and other AWS teams to craft solutions that address customer use cases and accelerate the adoption of AWS. You will help shape and build prototypes covering a spread of domains across a range of industry verticals like automotive, energy, health care, manufacturing and media and entertainment. The ability to learn new technology and develop solutions that meet a high quality bar and convey business value is critical to the role. In this role, it’s imperative that you’re self-guided and disciplined in managing your time to ensure success.
You will help shape and build prototypes covering a spread of domains such as AI/ML, AR/VR/Spatial, IoT and Serverless. Many prototypes explore the art of the possible with Generative AI. The ability to learn new technology and develop solutions that meet a high quality bar and convey business value is critical to the role. In this role, it’s imperative that you’re self-guided and disciplined in managing your time to ensure success.
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the 8 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.
Why AWS?
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.
Inclusive Team Culture
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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
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.
Work/Life Balance
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.
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.
The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.
Key job responsibilities
-Engage with customers on a specific use case to determine desired outcomes, define a scope and design and implement it (code, CDK, docs) with a small team of developers in 6 weeks
-Identify opportunities to scale your impact through internal and external facing initiatives
-Mentor others
A day in the life
While on a customer prototype engagement, you will work collaboratively with other developers, TPM and specialists to deliver results. The small team working on the prototype will change from project to project based on availability, specialized skills required and career growth interests. Team members come from across the US and EMEA. Larger team meetings occur periodically to share knowledge and get updates on goals, etc.
Basic Qualifications
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
Preferred Qualifications
Proficiency developing in one or more modern programming language, such as Java, Python and/or Javascript/ Typescript/ Node.js
Experience with agile development or similar methodologies for continuous product development and deployment.
Deep knowledge of software development tools and methodologies and active, hands-on coding and application design experience
High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations in both written and presentation forms.
You have hands-on experience in one or more of Edge Computing, IoT, AI/ML, Blockchain, mobile development and/or user experience development.
Be self-guided in planning a minimally viable solution and then executing on that plan along with others on the team.
A history of taking calculated risks in the interest of demonstrating the art of the possible in a practical way that resonates with Customers.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.