Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect - Database, Data & AI GTM at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$153,600–$228,600from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A deep-specialist role focused exclusively on Aurora PostgreSQL, working with AWS's largest enterprise customers to architect, migrate, and operate PostgreSQL workloads at scale. Day-to-day work spans hands-on architecture reviews, guiding complex migrations from Oracle and SQL Server, advising on internals like vacuum tuning and replication topology, and collaborating with the Aurora product team on roadmap priorities. The role also carries a thought-leadership dimension — publishing technical content and presenting at major industry conferences.
Senior level · 10+ years · Seattle, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Seattle, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 2–20
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $107,748 (middle half $104,212–$164,448). 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 posted across multiple US metros (Jersey City/New York, Dallas, Arlington VA, Herndon VA, Seattle WA) with two distinct salary bands: $169,000–$228,600 (NY/NJ) and $153,600–$207,800 (TX/VA/WA). The figures reported here use the lower band floor and the higher band ceiling to represent the full national range.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role is primarily a Solutions Architect / technical advisor function (closer to 15-1211 Computer Systems Analysts) but the depth of PostgreSQL internals, architecture design, and migration ownership also fits 15-1243 Database Architects. 15-1243 was chosen because deep database architecture and migration design is the dominant day-to-day work.
The title 'Specialist Solutions Architect' carries no standard seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 10+ year IT experience gate and the scope of the role (technical authority, thought leadership, roadmap influence) support a Senior classification.
'AI coding tools' (Kiro, Claude Code, Codex, etc.) are listed as a hard requirement in the Basic Qualifications; the specific tools named are illustrative examples of the category rather than individually gated tools.
Oracle and SQL Server appear in the context of migration experience (migrating FROM those engines to Aurora PostgreSQL); they are listed under Preferred Qualifications and are therefore not hard gates.
PostgreSQL internals skills (MVCC/vacuum, pgvector, replication, extensions, indexing strategies) are listed under Preferred Qualifications and are therefore preferred rather than required, despite the role's deep PostgreSQL focus.
The role does not appear to be remote — multiple specific office locations are listed with no remote option stated.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Aurora Blue/Green Deployments.
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