Sr. Solutions Architect, Devices BD Full Time

Amazon

Job ID: Amazon Innovation Center (Shenzhen) Company Limited

The vision of the Fire TV organization is to create devices that allow our customers to experience the streamed content, games and apps that they most enjoy from all the range of TVs, brands they like across the world. Fire TV has focused on finding and engaging with the user’s content and presenting it on the ‘best screen in the house’. To help create this vision of customers accessing Fire TV content, on many different types of screens, we are seeking technical engagement professionals who possess both the technical thought leadership to inspire and enable device makers to include Fire TV in their offerings and, the business development and relationship management experience needed to assist with complex, multi-discipline projects. If you have the right blend of passion, enthusiasm, customer obsession, curiosity and creativity, you may just be right for this Solutions Architect role.

In this role, you will be the technical bridge between the Amazon product teams (product management, HW/SW development, UX, etc) and the external device makers to help shape the offerings we create to fit the needs of the end user customers. The main focus of your work will be the technical engagement management for smart TV OEMs, and the companies they work with to build their products. This can include ODM (original design manufacturer), component manufacturers, and brand owners/licensors. The success of your work will be directly related to the number of Fire TV smart TV products our partners are able to bring to market and deliver to the end customers through partner sites, and retail. To do this, you will be the technical part of the business development engagement, and work directly with the Fire TV devices BD team on opportunity identification, product development and ultimately product launch.

As a Solutions Architect for Fire TV devices, you will perform three main functions:

(1) Become the Subject Matter expert on Fire TV reference architectures, device specs, UX requirements and CX
(2) Convey best practices to engaged Fire TV device maker partners/customers to ensure consistent and delightful device CX
(3) Be the OEM/ODM/End-user Customer advocate to the internal product organization to create product specifications and strategies that keep Fire TV relevant and excellent

You love to share your passion with others and exhibit good judgment in selecting strategic opportunities to do so. With your unique blend of business and technical skills, you will influence Fire TV product and service teams to create the best experience for our customers. You will also be willing to get your hands dirty to demonstrate concepts that will delight our customers. You don’t just want to be part of an industry movement; you want to be out front leading it. If this sounds like you, we would like to speak with you.

Work hard. Have fun. Make history.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Shenzhen, CHN

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
– 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
– 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
– Knowledge of SAP systems (like SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) and their architecture and infrastructure needs
– Experience working with end user or developer communities

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