Multiple years of IT consulting experience as a technical specialist in Customer-facing roles.
Several years design/implementation/consulting experience of distributed or mobile applications.
Breadth of experience across mobile and TV paradigms
Experience with two or more development languages such as (Java, JavaScript, etc)
Expert level technical acumen, including the ability to understand the customer or partner landscape, identify opportunities and overcome any technical obstacles, ultimately influencing the adoption of Amazon services in conjunction with business requirements.
Expert level ability to understand the business domain of the customer or partner and the business problems the customer or partner is facing, with the intent to solve the business problems.
Expert level ability to interact with senior leadership (e.g. CxO’s) within a customer or partner organization.
Strong leadership capabilities, having the ability to communicate effectively with diverse set of customers or partners, across multiple disciplines.
Strong presentation and written communication skills; high degree of comfort with technical and Executive audiences.

The Digital Apps, Games, and Services (DAGS) team is looking for an experienced and motivated leader who possesses a unique balance of technical depth and relationship management skills. Our partners develop apps and games for Amazon devices powered by Fire OS and Alexa, such as Fire tablets, Echo Show, Smart TVs, streaming media players (e.g. Fire TV Stick).

As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will work with top-tier partners to create incredible Alexa-enabled experiences that will wow customers on Fire TV, Echo Show and Tablets. You will act as the primary technical liaison between external partners and Amazon product teams to help shape their product roadmaps. Your role will be to guide partners as they productize and integrate with Amazon Services and enable them to grow their business through monetization and increase in engagement.

You'll evangelize best practices through whitepapers, presentations and sample code and help partners adopt a new voice paradigm in their apps and games, using various Alexa services such as Video Skills Kit (VSK). As you build relationships with your partners, you'll understand their business, product roadmap, and challenges. You'll use this information to influence Amazon product teams, helping improve the product offerings and quality of Amazon products and services.
In this role, you will lead a team of Solutions Architects that work with the top names in the international community and help them develop incredible experiences for Amazon devices and Echo. You will combine your unbridled enthusiasm and aptitude for apps with your unmatched ability to build relationships with senior decision makers. You should have a solid understanding of app development, app business models, and the Android platform. You must bring a strong strategic mindset to help Amazon and our app developers build businesses for the future of mobile and streaming media platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical consultation to strategic partners and Amazon product teams
Write sample code to accelerate adoption of Amazon technology
Author blog posts, contribute to webinars, create presentations, and run demos to explain technical concepts
Create best practices, knowledge base articles, and processes to increase the effectiveness of the team
Guide partners as they build and migrate their applications, software, and services on Amazon devices
Act as a technical liaison between customers, external partners, Amazon engineering teams, and support
Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of Amazon Services and Alexa, and participate in deep architectural discussions

Masters in computer science, or a related technical field preferred
Fascinated and obsessed with mobile devices and business models
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences at the C level; verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
Exceptional interpersonal and relationship management skills
Self-starter who can succeed in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving industry and business organization
Strong problem-solving skills; the ability to analyze problems and develop actionable and appropriate tactical plans quickly

Are you interested? We look forward to receiving your English application.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.