Associate Startup Solution Architect

Trusted by more startups around the world AWS makes the power of cloud computing accessible for all by giving founders everywhere access to the same technology that powers the worlds largest companies. With experience gained from supporting hundreds of thousands of startups that have come before we help founders prove that their world-changing ideas are possible at any stage of growth or level of funding. This is why more startups and over 80% of unicorns build on AWS.

We are looking for technical builders who love the idea of working with early stage startups to help them as they this role youll work directly with a variety of interesting customers and help them make the best (and sometimes the most pragmatic) technical decisions along the way. Youll have a chance to build enduring relationships with these companies and establish yourself as a trusted advisor.

As a member of the AWS Startups team you will work directly with customers to help them successfully leverage AWS technology at scale.

As well as spending time working directly with customers youll also get plenty of time to learn new technologies and keep your skills fresh. We have 200 services across a range of different categories and its important that we can help startups take advantages of the right ones. Youll also play an important role as an advocate with our product teams to make sure we are building the right products and features for the startups you work with. And for the customers you dont get to work with on a 1:1 basis youll share knowledge more broadly by working on technical content and presenting at events.

Key job responsibilities
Help a diverse range of startups to adopt the right architecture at each part of their lifecycle
Support startups in architecting scalable reliable and secure solutions
Support adoption of a broad range of AWS services to deliver business value and accelerate growth
Support the evolution and roadmap of the AWS platform and services connecting our engineering teams with our customers for feedback
Establish and build technical relationships within the startup ecosystem including accelerators incubators and VCs
Develop startup specific technical content such as blog posts sample code and solutions to assist customers solve technical problems and reduce time-to-market

A day in the life
Startups are the large enterprises of the future. These young companies are founded by ambitious people who have a desire to build something meaningful and to challenge the status quo. To address underserved customers or to challenge incumbents. They usually operate in an environment of scarcity: whether thats capital engineering resource or experience.

The AWS Startup Solutions Architecture team is dedicated to working with startup companies as they build their businesses. Were here to help them deploy the best most scalable most secure cost effective and easy to operate architectures.

- Experience with one of the following programming languages: Python Ruby C# or C
- Experience with two or more of the following: networking fundamentals security storage or databases (relational or NoSQL) operating systems (Unix Linux or Windows)

- Experience implementing a cloud-based technology solution
- Experience in any of the following: Cloud Architecture Systems Design Software Development Infrastructure Architecture Data Engineering or DevOps

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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 NY New York - 108000.00 - 185000.00 USD annually