R&D Solutions Architect, AWS Prototyping and Cloud Engineering Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for Solutions Architects with strong software engineering skills and a passion for architecting and developing solutions to show customers the art of the possible. You will be part of a agile team of innovative practitioners who are obsessed with understanding the needs of our customers and have the skills to partner with them in experimenting with new ideas that can open up new markets or radically change how they deliver existing products/services. In this role you will use your software development skills to develop prototypes using Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative IA, IoT and Serverless Architectures. You will apply software engineering best practices that ensures the prototypes provide a foundation to production solutions. We will provide a creative environment where high judgement failure is embraced so you can move fast without compromising on research time that is required to experiment with new ideas. Here are some other qualities we're looking for: At AWS, we have a credo of "Work hard. Have fun. Make history". In this role, you will love what you do, and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative, and willing to take on any challenge and be eager to make a big impact. You are intellectually curious and enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed while developing new ones, so you can make strong contributions to deep architecture discussions. You will regularly take part in deep-dive education and design exercises to create world-class solutions built on AWS. You have an area of focus where you are a subject matter expert such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, IoT, or some facet of the Big Data ecosystem. You enjoy collaborating with people, even outside the technical team, to deep dive into customer problems and find the best solutions for our customers. Key job responsibilities: Architect, develop, test and implement loosely coupled distributed software solutions. Research and employ up-to-date technological developments in customer engagements. Drive the AWS platform by aligning customer requirements with AWS service teams' roadmaps. This role will focus on customers using AWS for research, development, and innovation. Author or contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as white-papers, tutorials, blogs, etc. Position requires travel, generally, between 0 - 25%. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree 6+ 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 Knowledge of professional software engineering and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or Python. Experience building large-scale software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers. Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly. Ability to communicate fluently in Spanish and English, in technical and business settings (verbal and written). Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective Experience writing and publishing technical white papers History of successful technical sales consulting and architecture engagements (i.e. working prototype solutions, POCs) Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT management, and engineers. Solid communication skills with the ability to right level the conversation. Master or PHD in Computer Science, Engineering and/or equivalent industry experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr