Principal Solutions Developer , Prototyping and Customer Engineering (PACE)

**DESCRIPTION** --------------- Job Summary Do you have a builder's mentality where "show me" means more than "tell me"? Are you passionate about technology and AI, understand cloud architectures and platforms, and quick to adopt emerging technologies? Are you adept at working with customers to experiment with innovative approaches and validate technical feasibility? As trusted customer advocates, the Prototyping and Customer Engineering (PACE) team helps customers create early iterations of products and solutions, often exploring new technical grounds. We're seeking experienced technologists who possess a unique balance of technical depth, business acumen, and strong interpersonal skills. Role Overview As a Principal Solutions Developer, you will partner with customers and AWS account and service teams to craft highly scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions that address customer business problems and accelerate AWS adoption. You'll shape and build prototypes across domains including Machine Learning, Agentic Design, Serverless Architecture, and multi\-modal Generative AI—with most projects exploring the art of the possible using the latest methods, frameworks, services, and models. You'll work across industry verticals including automotive, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical—you will help drive revenue growth and strategic outcomes for customers, influencing adoption decisions and accelerating customer success with AWS. Key job responsibilities Leadership Profile: You're expected to be both "coach" and "player", essentially a CTO\-like profile. You must be hands\-on with deep experience and knowledge, articulate in communication, and capable of mentoring team members. You'll represent AWS in customer meetings, serving as both the AWS voice and customer advocate. At the Principal level, you will opera