Principal Solutions Architect, Foundation Model Providers
Amazon · Seattle, WA
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Jul 3, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level solutions architecture role focused on supporting AI foundation model providers running large-scale workloads on AWS. Day-to-day work involves designing cloud infrastructure for training, fine-tuning, and serving generative AI models at extreme scale — spanning GPU clusters, networking, storage, and container orchestration — while also influencing AWS service roadmaps and advising both engineering teams and executive stakeholders. Best suited to someone with deep infrastructure or ML systems experience who can bridge technical architecture and business strategy.
Senior level · 10+ years · National · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $119,144 (middle half $81,115–$160,963).
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 (6)
No work location is specified in the posting; the CBSA and state fields are left blank. This is an AWS Solutions Architect role that could be based at any major AWS hub.
The title is 'Principal Solutions Architect', but the actual scope — a senior individual-contributor customer-facing technical advisor — aligns with Senior on the standard engineering ladder. 'Principal' here is an AWS job-family name, not necessarily the top-of-org-wide-authority band; the JD describes deep technical ownership of a customer segment rather than org-wide architectural authority.
SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used because this is a Solutions Architect / pre-sales technical advisory role that does not map cleanly to software development (15-1252) or systems analysis (15-1211); 15-1252 is noted as a plausible alternative given the architectural design emphasis.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, the degree requirement is set to None.
All preferred-section skills (Kubernetes/Docker, CUDA, LLMs, machine learning, distributed systems, GPU infrastructure, foundation model architectures) are listed under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are therefore not hard gates.
AWS-specific services (EC2, EKS, Bedrock, S3) are mentioned as context for the team's work rather than as explicit candidate requirements; they are captured under the broader 'AWS' skill.
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