Learn everything from hardware to software to support, you get to do it all. Meeting heavy, but you can shorten your week coding instead of participating.
No growth in job paths, must manage to rise. Lack of vision, and that leads to lack of execution.
Hi All, Thoughts on the Solution Architect (SA)vs SDE career growth paths and experiences. Which domain is good long term based on opportunities, pay, Benifits, skills, etc. (The SA can be the roles of Solution Architects, Technical Sales Engineers, Customer Engineers, CSA and all here) More speci...Read more
Thinking of switching from a SWE role to a solutions architecture role. For any current SAs, how are things? WLB? For the Amazon alumni, where did you go and what are you doing now? Was your experience at Amazon valuable? Don't really want to get into why I want to stop being a SWE, just tired of i...Read more
Both SWEs and SAs get system design questions in their interviews but should there be any difference in their responses and approach ? What I'm trying to understand here is should a SWE focus more on database design and estimating users etc and SA more on Infrastructure architecture ? Or should the ...Read more
For many SAs, they do hands-on coding and code reviews apart from their involvement on the system design/architecture side. For them, their responsibilities are similar to that of a principal/staff engineer. However, I see most new-age companies including FAANG are reluctant to even shortlist their ...Read more
I'm prepping for the AWS Solutions Architect (SA) role in the GenAI/ML space. Wanted to get inputs from anyone who has prepared & interviewed for similar role at AWS. Really appreciate if anyone can provide pointers for below queries - What does a typical interview process look like? What kind of q...Read more
I’m looking for an opportunity in the area of: - Hardware/Sytem/Post Silicon Validation - Customer Application Engineering/Account Management or - SDET/Software Test Automation/Python Scripting - Product Engineering I also have good understanding of SAS, MVMe, PCIe protocols, CXL, embedded systems...Read more
I'm prepping for the AWS Solutions Architect (SA) role in the GenAI/ML space. Wanted to get inputs from anyone who has prepared & interviewed for similar role at AWS. Really appreciate if anyone can provide pointers for below queries - What does a typical interview process look like? What kind of q...Read more
New grad program involves 9 month paid training in Georgia prior to deployment as SA shadowing senior SAs; what would be a bad/fair/excellent package to receive as a fresh grad? What should I expect? Recieving an offer From posting: "So what is this Solution Architect Mentoring program and why is H...Read more
I'm prepping for the AWS Solutions Architect (SA) role in the GenAI/ML space. Wanted to get inputs from anyone who has prepared & interviewed for similar role at AWS. Really appreciate if anyone can provide pointers for below queries - What does a typical interview process look like? What kind of q...Read more
Hi guys, I have some questions regarding been a SDE at the AWS solutions team. I understand AWS SAs are sales driven, I came from a enterprise web service development background, now thinking about joining as a SDE for solutions open source development. 1. Are SDEs in AWS solutions engineering mo...Read more
I've been at AWS for about a year now as a Partner Solutions Architect. When I was interviewing, I was told I would have free reign to build solutions and tooling for partners, as long as it clearly enabled them to build products more efficiently/safely/easily on AWS (e.g., things like CLIs, starter...Read more
I joined AWS a year ago as a solutions architect(pre sales role. Same as cse at gcp) L5, TC 200k,12 yoe from a non FANG consulting background. Work is good. I get to work on fun technology, write code (on things that I want - not just anything that company wants me to like developers), build things,...Read more
I'm trying to get additional information about 2 role types @ Amazon - Solution Architect Manager & Technical/Operations Manager but the information online is very slim and often drowned out by the IC version of the roles making it really hard to get information. Hoping to get some clarification on...Read more
I am an experienced professional with 6 years of experience in backend engineering. Proficient in Javascript/Typescript, system architecture and cloud services like AWS. I have rich experience of working with small scale startups to big scale MNCs like Amazon across industry like Retail, CRM and saa...Read more
Hello, I've been under a year at AWS and I never felt so out of place, underperforming and I never got just a harsh-brutal feedback as I've got so far... I am barely reaching "the bar" and every month it feels like my ass is on the line, it is almost like by design that amazon want to break you, bef...Read more