Lead Software Engineer

Amazon.com, Inc.

Downers Grove, IL, United States

2 months ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary to permanent

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

10 years minimum

Compensation

$135,200.0 - $151,840.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

mondo.gosnaphop.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Microsoft Online Services Cloud Engineering Microsoft Solutions Framework Information Technology Data Management

Job description

This role serves as the critical bridge between presales, solutioning, and delivery, engaging directly with senior executive stakeholders to shape and close large-scale enterprise cloud transformation opportunities across Microsoft Azure environments., * Join strategic customer conversations and translate complex business problems into enterprise-grade cloud, data, AI, and application modernization solutions.
Lead whiteboarding sessions and architecture discussions, developing transformation roadmaps tailored to each customer’s environment and goals.
Communicate technical recommendations clearly to C-suite and executive audiences, adapting depth and language to the room.
Support presales teams on large, complex opportunities, helping move customers through final technical concerns and objections.
Partner cross-functionally with sales, business development, delivery, and technical teams to ensure proposed solutions are credible and deliverable.
Guide and provide architectural oversight to other architects and technical leaders across large transformation programs.
Connect technology investments to measurable business outcomes for enterprise clients.

Requirements

10-15 years of broad, hands-on experience in cloud architecture, application modernization, data platforms, and AI solutions.
Strong familiarity with the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
Demonstrated consulting or professional services background, with experience managing high-pressure, multi-stakeholder client environments.
Proven experience engaging senior executives (CTO, CIO, CFO, COO) and presenting proposed solutions to customer leadership.
Executive presence and strong emotional intelligence, with a “chameleon mentality “ that allows seamless communication across technical and business audiences.
Clear career progression showing increased responsibility, movement from technical delivery into architecture or client-facing strategy roles.
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate multiple approaches, articulate tradeoffs, make confident recommendations, and defend decisions under pressure., * Azure certifications or deep Azure-specific delivery experience; AWS or GCP backgrounds considered if skills translate to the Microsoft ecosystem.
Experience at a Microsoft Gold Partner, Microsoft Solutions Partner, or boutique Microsoft-focused consulting firm.
Background at mid-sized digital transformation or enterprise technology consulting firms where architects maintain active client-facing responsibilities.
Exposure to both presales solutioning and post-sale delivery at large, complex enterprise organizations.