senior software engineering Solutions Architect ic 8+ yrs · Posted Oct 6, 2025
$153,600 – $207,800
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Solutions Architect in the software engineering function based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, DynamoDB, Cloud Computing and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $153,600–$207,800 per year.

Role
Solutions Architect
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Seattle, WA
Experience
8+ years
Department
Solutions Architect
Posted
Oct 6, 2025
AI Summary
Senior Solutions Architect optimizing DynamoDB usage across Amazon's internal organizations. Analyzes database patterns, designs efficiency improvements, and drives adoption of best practices. Requires 8+ years in technology domain with 3+ years infrastructure/application design experience.

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Job description

from Amazon careers
We're seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to drive DynamoDB optimization initiatives across Amazon's internal organizations. In this role, you'll work with critical internal teams to analyze, optimize, and improve how Amazon's services utilize DynamoDB, our industry-leading NoSQL database service that powers much of Amazon's retail and AWS infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities
- Partner with internal teams to analyze current DynamoDB usage patterns and identify optimization opportunities
- Design and implement solutions to improve database efficiency and performance
- Provide technical guidance and best practices for DynamoDB implementation
- Collaborate with capacity planning teams to optimize resource utilization
- Drive standardization of DynamoDB best practices across organizations
- Conduct deep-dive analyses of DynamoDB usage patterns across internal services
- Partner with TPMs and the Capacity & Forecasting team to implement optimization strategies
- Review and optimize existing access patterns, partition key designs, and capacity provisioning
- Drive adoption of DynamoDB best practices across internal teams
- Identify opportunities for cost savings through improved database utilization
- Work directly with service teams to implement recommended changes

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

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