Is it easy to transition from a Solutions Architect role in Amazon to Software Engineering in other companies?
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Jul 2, 2021
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As the title suggests, can I easily get interviewed for SDE roles in other companies with Solution Architect role in Amazon? Or is it easy to move to SDE role within Amazon itself?
Please comment as well if you or your friends have any experience to this.
What’s the TC difference like between SDE and Solutions Architect?
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But you will definitely be given the interview with no issues if seeking internal transition!
I am not judging the capabilities here, both roles are demanding. You can wait for some years and try making an entry at director/vp level where the larger responsibility is people management.
Entry into swe/em role requires high degree of coding, review, low and high level design, architecture etc.
The biggest difference in these two roles is Solution Architect is top down, where you understand requirements and usage patterns, based on which you *fit* the correct architecture for the solution. Its very much like choosing lego pieces and using them accordingly to customer usecase.
Engineering is about creating new lego pieces from scratch, check where and how well it would fit with other pieces, and how to ensure robustness and integrabilty. Its bottom up approach and less involved with the customer.