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Posted date: May 07, 2026
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Location: Seattle, WA
Estimated salary: $196,300
Range: $153,600 - $239,000
Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Solutions Architect with a specialized background in broadcast and streaming to join our Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports (MEGS) team. You'll work at the intersection of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and the most exciting transformation in media history: the global shift from traditional broadcast to intelligent, multi-platform streaming experiences reaching viewers everywhere. This position could require travel up to 25% (including international travel for industry events and customer engagements). The future of video is being rewritten, and you'll be the architect behind it.Key job responsibilities
Customer Engagement: Work backward from the customer to drive adoption of AWS services for media and entertainment workloads, with specific focus on broadcast and streaming use cases
Technical Leadership: Understand and anticipate business needs of multiple customers, accelerating their ability to innovate by building working prototypes and industry-specific solutions
Architecture & Design: Run technical workshops and advise customers on architectural decisions for cloud-based media solutions
Best Practices: Educate customers to ensure their solutions follow AWS best practices for scalability, availability, security, and operational excellence in media environments
Thought Leadership: Author or contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers, tutorials, and blog posts focused on media technology
External Communication: Participate in industry conferences and events, sharing knowledge with the broader AWS solutions architect community and media industry
Product Feedback: Drive customer requirements alignment with AWS service teams' roadmaps, acting as the voice of media and entertainment customers
A day in the life
Your days blend technical depth with strategic advisory work across broadcasters and streamers. You'll architect cloud solutions for live sports streaming and broadcast workflows, build proof-of-concepts with AWS media services, collaborate with account teams on customer workshops, and share field feedback with AWS product teams. Throughout the week, you balance hands-on customer engagements with thought leadership—mentoring junior SAs, presenting at industry conferences, and documenting architectural patterns
About the team
About the team
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.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience- Experience with cloud computing technologies
- Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 8+ years in technology domains such as broadcasting, streaming, software development or cloud computing
- 5+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures related to broadcast, video production, media processing, or streaming
Extended Qualifications
- Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)- Experience working with media industry standards bodies
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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