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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Solution Architect - US Enterprise, Amazon Shipping - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Santa Monica, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $182,800.0 - $247,300.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Database Design, Distributed Systems, IT Management, Information Technology, Api Design, Restful APIs - **Published:** June 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10451978/principal-solution-architect-us-enterprise-amazon-shipping ## About the Role Deep expertise in API development, REST, cXML, EDI, and integration patterns - Proven ownership of enterprise integrations across TMS, WMS, ERP, and OMS systems - Strength in technical discovery: turning ambiguous, undefined problems into a clear architecture - Strategic influence with customer executives and IT leadership, not just engineers - A record of building reusable mechanisms (reference architectures, governance) that scale past one deal - Thought leadership through industry forums, publications, and developer communities - Strategic thinking that connects technical decisions to customer business outcomes - Customer obsession with a hands-on, get-it-done approach, Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent - Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing - Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications - 10+ years of experience in enterprise-scale, technology-driven solutions in logistics, shipping, or supply chain technology, Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent - Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent - Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent - Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers ## Description As a Principal, you operate at the strategic level. You advise the customer's senior and executive stakeholders, shape how they think about their broader integration strategy, and act as their trusted technical advisor through the lifecycle. You drive clarity where the business objective and the strategy are not yet defined. You turn each engagement into lasting capability: reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance that other architects and customers reuse without you in the room. You feed what you learn in the field back into Amazon Shipping's API roadmap and platform direction, and you represent Amazon Shipping as a technical thought leader in customer and industry forums. You will collaborate closely with: - Enterprise customers as the lead technical owner and strategic advisor, pre-sales to delivery - Customer senior and executive stakeholders, aligning them on architecture and approach - Commercial and Sales teams to shape and win strategic technical engagements - Product and Engineering teams, feeding field insight into the API roadmap and platform - The customer's system integrators and ISVs when an engagement requires it Who are you? You are a seasoned solution architect who has owned large enterprise customers end to end and operated as a strategic technical advisor to their senior leadership. You walk into ambiguity, draw out requirements, align stakeholders, and commit to an architecture you will stand behind and be measured on., Enterprise Engagement Leadership - Own the technical relationship with large enterprise customers end to end, from pre-sales discovery through delivery, as their strategic technical advisor. - Lead technical discovery and align the customer's TMS, WMS, ERP, and OMS systems on a single target architecture, staying hands-on through implementation. - Advise customer Director and VP stakeholders, and drive clarity where the business objective and integration strategy are not yet defined. Architecture and Technical Excellence - Design enterprise-grade shipping integrations using REST APIs, cXML, and EDI, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. - Act as the escalation point for the hardest architectural challenges across the engagement. Scaling Impact Beyond the Engagement - Build reusable reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance that other architects and customers adopt without you in the room. - Feed field insight into Amazon Shipping's API roadmap and platform direction. - Represent Amazon Shipping as a technical thought leader in customer and industry forums. A day in the life Your days balance technical depth with strategic influence. Mornings involve reviewing partner integration metrics, meeting with system integrators, and validating enterprise architectures. You design API enhancements, create reference architectures, and guide engineering teams on complex integration patterns. Afternoons focus on strategic work-presenting API roadmap priorities to leadership, shaping partner ecosystem strategy, and facilitating architecture reviews. You invest in thought leadership through technical content, mentoring, and developer community engagement. 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