Join a dynamic team focused on foundational Device Cloud Core Services, powering critical customer experiences like device identity, registration, and management. Our solutions serve a vast range of Amazon's first-party and third-party devices, smart-home gadgets, and mobile applications connecting to the Amazon cloud.

This role is ideal for an experienced and passionate Principal Engineer eager to build and innovate within large-scale web service and IoT cloud solutions. As a technical leader, you will shape Amazon's architectural standards and engineering practices, tackling complex challenges with high-quality, scalable, and architecturally sound systems that align with business objectives.

You'll operate as a pragmatic visionary, translating business needs into robust technology solutions with both deep technical expertise and high-level architectural insight. You'll also connect with a vibrant Principal Engineer community, contributing to and learning from peers across the company. Embrace the opportunity to drive technical strategy, identify optimal long-term architectures, and focus on security, availability, simplicity, and efficiency in your designs.

Define and drive the long-term technical strategy and architectural vision for device management, integrating new technologies to enhance customer features. Propose and champion foundational solutions that empower device businesses to leverage shared services instead of building their own.

Establish a technical approach that prioritizes data privacy within foundational solutions. Collaborate with device teams to understand customer needs and advocate for the adoption of new services. Re-architect existing services to effectively support enterprise use cases, demonstrating expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and best practices.

Contribute to the career growth of others by mentoring individuals and the wider Amazon developer community on advanced technical topics. Guide managers in supporting their team members' career development. Exert significant technical influence across multiple teams, enhancing their productivity and effectiveness through the sharing of deep knowledge and experience.

A minimum of 10 years of professional software development experience, excluding internships. Proficiency in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms is essential.

A proven history of successfully leading large-scale projects is required. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary to effectively collaborate and convey technical concepts.

Preferred qualifications include experience designing and building large-scale systems within multi-tiered, distributed environments. The ability to influence architectural decisions across different groups and a capacity for multitasking and rapid learning of new technologies are highly valued.