Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Technology

WorldwideSpecialistSolutionsArchitect-Database,Data&AIGTM

$154–208k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect - Database, Data & AI GTM at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: Aurora PostgreSQL, Database migrations, AWS database services. Serve as technical advisor for customers. Provide architectural guidance”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure customers realize full value of platform; Raise bar for PostgreSQL engagements worldwide

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Diagnosing lock contention; Reasoning about query planner decisions; Troubleshooting Postgres systems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years specific technology domain experience, 3+ years design, implementation, or consulting experience, 10+ years IT development or implementation/consulting experience, Hands on Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, or AWS database and migration services experience, Led migrations to Aurora as technical owner, Experience with Aurora-specific features

Nice to Have

Experience with migrations (Oracle/SQL Server/on premises Postgres to Aurora)

What You'll Do.

Serve as technical advisor for customers

Provide architectural guidance

Guide customers on operational best practices

Design and validate Aurora PostgreSQL architectures

Leverage Aurora-specific capabilities

Partner with Aurora service team

Surface recurring pain points

Advocate for feature enhancements

Participate in roadmap reviews

Engage with customer engineers

Provide candid guidance

Push back diplomatically

Develop and publish technical content

Advise customers complex database migrations

Present at industry events

Stay current with PostgreSQL developments

Translate advancements into guidance

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with customer engineers; Collaborate with Aurora service team; Mentor teammates; Broader Specialist SA organization

Communication Scope

Whiteboard sessions; Technical deep dives; Publishing technical content; Presenting at events

Process & Methodology

Roadmap reviews

Full Job Description

Are you a builder that lives and breathes PostgreSQL? Have you spent years tuning vacuum behavior, diagnosing lock contention under heavy OLTP workloads, reasoning about query planner decisions, managing replication topologies, and guiding large-scale migrations from commercial engines like Oracle and SQL Server? Are you the person your organization turns to when a Postgres system is misbehaving at 3 AM and when leadership needs a whiteboard session on where the data platform is headed next? As a Specialist Solutions Architect for Aurora PostgreSQL, you will be the technical authority that AWS's largest and most complex customers rely on to architect, migrate, and operate PostgreSQL workloads on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. This is not a generalist database role. You will focus on Aurora PostgreSQL, going deep where others go broad. You will partner directly with customer engineers and CTOs to design well architected production architectures that hold up under real-world pressure and the operational patterns that distinguish battle-tested Postgres practitioners from those with only surface-level familiarity. You will have experience with migrations (Oracle/SQL Server/on premises Postgres to Aurora). You will collaborate closely with the Aurora service team to surface customer patterns, escalate feature gaps, and drive the product roadmap on behalf of the customers you serve. Equally important, you will operate as a thought leader and force multiplier across the broader Specialist SA organization, mentoring teammates, publishing technical content, presenting at AWS re:Invent and AWS Summits, and establishing repeatable frameworks that raise the bar for PostgreSQL engagements worldwide. Key job responsibilities • Serve as the technical advisor for AWS's key customers running or migrating to Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS for PostgreSQL, providing hands-on architectural guidance from design through production operation. • Guide customers on Aurora PostgreSQL operational be

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