Systems Architect jobs in United States, California, Palo Alto

We are looking for technical builders who love the idea of working with early stage startups to help them as they grow. In this role, you’ll work directly with a variety of interesting customers and diagnostics startups) and help them make the best (and sometimes the most pragmatic) technical decisions along the way. You’ll have a chance to build enduring relationships with these companies and establish yourself as a trusted advisor.As a member of the Generative AI Startups team, you will work directly with customers to help them successfully leverage AWS technology to develop, train, tune, and deploy the next generation of generative AI foundation models at scale.As well as spending time working directly with customers, you’ll also get plenty of time to learn new technologies and keep your skills fresh. We have 200+ services across a range of different categories and it’s important that we can help startups take advantages of the right ones. You’ll also play an important role as an advocate with our product teams to make sure we are building the right products and features for the startups you work with. And for the customers you don’t get to work with on a 1:1 basis you’ll share knowledge more broadly by working on technical content and presenting at events.Key job responsibilities
-Help a diverse range of generative AI-focused startups to adopt the right architecture at each part of their lifecycle
-Support startups in architecting scalable, reliable and secure solutions
-Establish and build technical relationships within the startup ecosystem, including accelerators, incubators and VCsA day in the life
About the team
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Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Why AWS
Work/Life BalanceMentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- 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

- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
- Experience working with end user or developer communitiesPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Are you passionate about transforming business challenges into technological breakthroughs? Join Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) and help shape the future of global commerce.• You'll work on industry-defining projects with measurable customer impact
• Innovation cycles are measured in weeks, not years
• You'll build new products and features from the ground up
• You'll collaborate with talented teams to solve complex technical challenges
• Your solutions will scale to serve customers globally
If you're ready to turn bold ideas into reality while working alongside some of the best minds in technology, we want to hear from you.Key job responsibilities
* Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design for systems
* Code and test system components while participating in code and design reviews to ensure high quality, maintainable solutions
* Work collaboratively with other AWS Redshift teams to deliver and operate services while dealing with ambiguity in new service development
* Take ownership of overall system architecture, with focus on scalability, reliability, and performance
* Mentor other engineers, help define the technical culture, and contribute to team growth through leadership
Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack.
Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
Build high-quality, highly available, always-on products.
A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also:Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.About AWSWork/Life Balance
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems Proficiency in at least one modern programming language like Java, C++, Rust, or Python building and operating mission-critical, highly available systems

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Requires strong coding skills with emphasis on logical thinking, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems architecture
- Experience performing live system and core analysis using GDB