AMZN architect positions?

Jun 10, 2018 10 Comments

Was solicited by an AMZN recruiter (internal) for Principal Engineer position. Told me that it was the *highest* technical level at AMZN. Is that correct?

Asking as based on description, doesn't sound very high (reporting to a Director level at AMZN).

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  • Amazon
    Shaktiman!

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    Shaktiman!
    We have Senior Principal and Distinguished Engineer as well
    Jun 10, 2018 4
    • Amazon / Eng
      Curious🍦

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      BIO
      Brb bio.
      Curious🍦
      It’s most likely not too low. Senior Principal is 40-50 people for all of Amazon and includes several industry visionaries. If you’re one of these people, cool. If you aren’t revise your expectations at Amazon. PEs are demi gods at Amazon and hold their own with directors all the time.
      Jun 10, 2018
    • Amazon
      Gnostic

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      Gnostic
      Agreed with Curious. There are 400 Principal Engineers at Amazon, to cover our huge array of business units. They make up around 1% of the engineers at Amazon. They are the technical elite of the company - a whole org or large group might have 2-3 of them. Distinguished Engineer is reserved for folks with broad industry fame and recognition and there are about 12 of then at Amazon. If you invented Java, you can be hired as a DE (James Gosling). Almost nobody is hired as a Senior Principal - it is there to have a place to promote Principal Engineers to. Practically, Principal Engineer is the highest level an external hire will be hired at unless Jeff B calls you personally to recruit you as a DE.
      Jun 10, 2018
  • Amazon
    3headedπŸ’

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    PRE
    Microsoft
    3headedπŸ’
    Principal - L7
    Sr. Principal - L8
    Distinguished Eng - L10

    L7 is considered "high" and less than 10% of them are direct external hire
    Jun 10, 2018 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    Ex-Banker!

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    Ex-Banker!
    TC or GTFO! I think your current TC and experience might not be sufficient to make a cut for L8 or L9. Another possibility is that you are not interviewing for AWS.
    Jun 10, 2018 2
  • Amazon / Eng
    ooooBLEHoo

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    Amazon
    ooooBLEHoo
    L9 lmao
    Jun 10, 2018 0