principal software engineering Solutions Architect tech_leadership · Posted May 19, 2026
$201,000 – $272,000
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a principal-level Solutions Architect in the software engineering function based in New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with AWS, Redshift, LLMs, RAG. Compensation is listed at $201,000–$272,000 per year.

Role
Solutions Architect
Function
software engineering
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
New York City, NY
Department
Solutions Architect
Posted
May 19, 2026

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Job description

from Amazon careers

AWS is seeking an experienced Principal Solutions Architect to join the Worldwide Financial Services Industry (FSI) Business Unit as a Capital Markets Industry Specialist, with deep expertise in data and analytics, generative AI, and high performance compute. This is an ideal role for someone who has built large-scale data platforms, quantitative research infrastructure, or machine learning systems in capital markets, and who is ready to bring that expertise to hedge funds, asset managers, quantitative trading firms, and broker-dealers as they modernize their research and analytics capabilities on AWS. In this role, you will serve as a core technical leader on the Capital Markets Industry Specialist team, working directly with quantitative hedge funds, systematic asset managers, multi-strategy funds, broker-dealer research teams, and quantamental research shops to architect and accelerate their migration of data-intensive workloads to AWS. You will engage at the intersection of deep technical expertise and business strategy, helping customers understand how AWS can transform their quantitative research, alternative data integration, backtesting infrastructure, and generative AI-powered investment workflows. This role requires hands-on experience building in AWS, with a strong understanding of how to architect scalable, performant, and cost-effective solutions for the most demanding analytical workloads in capital markets. Role and…

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