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Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering

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3 days ago
Arlington, VA, USA +3 moreStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$200k - $298k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define technical strategy and architecture across complex customer engagements, including decisions spanning multiple workstreams, services, and organizational boundaries.
  • Build production AI systems and reusable reference architectures, including multi-agent orchestration frameworks, enterprise retrieval systems, and decision intelligence platforms.
  • Remain hands-on with high-impact software development and code reviews while setting engineering direction.
  • Establish operational standards, evaluation frameworks, and production-readiness criteria for AI systems across the FDE practice.
  • Create accelerators and reusable platforms that expand AI adoption and reduce customer time-to-value across multiple organizations.
  • Influence AWS product roadmaps through engineering insights and customer patterns.
  • Set engineering excellence standards, handle escalations, guide senior technical talent, and participate in performance evaluations, interviews, hiring calibration, and promotion assessments.
  • Represent the FDE practice with AWS VP-level leaders and customer C-suite executives.
  • Travel up to 25%.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship and a current, active TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with Polygraph are required.
  • At least 10 years of non-internship professional software development experience is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience is required.
  • At least 8 years of experience leading the design and architecture of large-scale production systems in customer-facing or enterprise environments is required.
  • Experience building production AI or ML platforms used across multiple products or customers is required.
  • Experience with enterprise-scale agentic workflows, multi-agent orchestration, or AI system governance is required.
  • Experience communicating with technical and non-technical audiences, including executives or clients, is preferred.
  • Executive-level engagement experience with SVP, VP, or C-suite stakeholders is preferred.
  • A master's degree or above in computer science or equivalent is preferred.
  • Experience creating reusable architectures or platforms adopted across an organization is preferred.
  • Experience defining technical strategy and engineering standards as a principal engineer or technical lead influencing multi-team decisions is preferred.
  • Experience influencing product roadmaps through engineering insights is preferred.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, and supplemental life plan options.
  • Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the overall Amazon package.
  • The role requires up to 25% travel; no specific remote or office arrangement is stated.

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