Sr. Solutions Architect, Software and Technology
Amazon · Austin, TX
$153,600–$207,800from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A pre-sales technical role focused on guiding customers through cloud adoption, architecture design, and workload migration on AWS. The position involves regular engagement with technical and executive stakeholders across startups and large enterprises, as well as producing reference architectures and other educational content. It suits someone with broad infrastructure and software knowledge who can bridge technical depth with business context.
Senior level · 10+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 370 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer systems analysts). range 160–560
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $106,890 (middle half $86,368–$136,487). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is a Solutions Architect — primarily a pre-sales/customer-facing technical advisory function — which sits most naturally at 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts). However, the JD also emphasizes hands-on building, migration, and architecture design, making 15-1252 (Software Developers) a plausible runner-up.
The three Basic Qualifications experience gates are stated at the role level (8+ years in a technology domain, 3+ years design/implementation/consulting, 10+ years IT development/consulting). The highest of these — 10+ years — is used as the overall years minimum. No specific technology years are stated.
AWS experience appears only under Preferred Qualifications ('Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS'), so it is technically preferred. However, given the role is an AWS Solutions Architect selling and advocating AWS, it functions as a near-hard gate in practice; it has been marked required accordingly.
Cloud computing and systems engineering are drawn from the Basic Qualifications domain list ('e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics'). These are representative examples from a broad list rather than individually gated skills; only the most concrete and role-relevant were retained.
AI product development ('developing, deploying and managing AI products at scale') is listed under Preferred Qualifications and is marked preferred.
The role requires approximately 25% domestic travel; it is not remote.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range for Austin, TX, with additional sign-on and RSU components noted but not quantified.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering.
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