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Amazon Senior Developer Advocate, AI Engineering, AWS Developer Experience in San Francisco, California
Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Developer Advocate (DA) to join the Developer Experience organization, focusing on AI Engineering. As a resident of the AWS AI Loft in San Francisco, you will engage AWS and non-AWS communities, drive our efforts in this fast-evolving field, which involves building agentic systems, and experimentation with LLMs. In this role, you will work with the community, partners like Anthropic, Cohere, Langchain, and others to explore solutions, publish content, and speak at events.
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.
Key job responsibilities
As an AWS Developer Advocate on AI Engineering, your role is to champion innovation and inspire developers worldwide. You'll be deeply involved with cutting-edge communities of early adopters who are exploring the possibilities of GenAI.
On any given day, you might deliver a compelling presentation at a major developer event, showcasing how GenAI can revolutionize software development. The next day, you could be hosting events at the AWS AI Loft in San Francisco, collaborating directly with a group of AI pioneers, experimenting with novel use cases and pushing the limits of what's possible on AWS.
You'll act as a bridge between these innovative communities and Amazon's engineers. You'll gather insights and feedback from developers on the frontlines, then translate that knowledge to influence the roadmap for Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Developers, and other services. Your technical depth and community connections will ensure AWS remains the go-to environment for AI Engineering.
Whether running coding challenges that spark creativity or hosting workshops that demystify GenAI, you'll inspire developers to think big and explore new frontiers. You'll be at the forefront of the AI revolution, creating opportunities for others to experience the transformative power of this technology.
About the team
The Developer Experience team aims at showing what the future of development looks like so developers can move towards it. Our goal is inspire developers around the world. We show them how to practically use the new technologies to build efficiently in the cloud. We show them new things they are now able to achieve, both in tackling more complex cloud problems and new solutions that leverage GenAI in their project. We earn trust with developers by being authentic, and practitioners ourselves. We are on an exciting journey together, and not everything is solved yet.
Diverse Experiences
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.
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.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Francisco, CA, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of hands-on technical experience
2+ years in a customer facing role or a role which involved public speaking
BA/BS Degree or relevant work experience
Work experience with Data Science, Data Engineering, and/or Software Development
Preferred Qualifications
Experienced in customer-facing or developer community facing roles
Industry influence and/or recognition in technology publications
Demonstrable following in social and technical channels such as Twitter, YouTube, GitHub, LinkedIn or Twitch
Ability to translate technical features into tangible customer business benefits
A history of successful speaking engagements
Willingness to travel (up to 20%)
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $124,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $277,700/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.