We are seeking an experienced and innovative AWS Solutions Architect to help customers design and implement AI-powered workflows for biomolecule design. In this role, you will partner with life sciences organizations to architect scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on AWS that accelerate drug discovery and development. You will leverage AWS’s suite of AI and machine learning services, along with industry-specific tools, to enable customers to build, deploy, and optimize workflows for the design, analysis, and validation of biomolecules, such as proteins, enzymes, and antibodies.
As a key technical advisor, you will guide customers through the process of building cloud-native architectures that integrate AI/ML models with complex biological datasets. You will work closely with data scientists, computational biologists, and bioinformaticians to ensure the solutions meet both scientific and business objectives. Your role will also involve collaborating with internal AWS teams to refine and evolve best practices, ensuring the seamless adoption of AI-powered solutions in the field of biomolecule design.
As part of the AWS Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through the delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud architectures that provide state of the art AI-driven biomolecule design workflows and results.
- Collaborate with life sciences customers to understand their specific challenges and tailor AWS solutions to their needs.
- Integrate AWS services for life sciences, such as AWS HealthOmics and Amazon SageMaker, with bioinformatics and biomolecule design tools and models.
- Provide technical guidance on security, scalability, and cost optimization for cloud solutions.
- Work closely with cross-functional AWS teams to support customer success and drive the adoption of AI-powered workflows in the life sciences.
- Stay current with industry trends in bioinformatics, computational biology, and AI, applying the latest innovations to customer projects.
A day in the life
You will work closely with AWS customers and with AWS service teams to make AI driven drug design an everyday reality. You will spend time at customer sites, brainstorming and problem solving with their engineers.
You will also work with AWS Service and Solutions teams on features, services, and products not yet released. Shaping their definition, and helping those teams build the best products for their customers.
You'll have a high ownership and high innovation role. You'll help customers and AWS teams find the right way to use the power of AWS to design better drugs.
About the team
Our team is responsible for building and operating AWS’s purpose-built services tailored to the unique needs of healthcare and life science organizations. We work closely with customers and partners to develop scalable, secure, and compliant solutions that accelerate innovation across the industry.
Our flagship services—AWS HealthLake, AWS HealthImaging, and AWS HealthOmics—are designed to address critical challenges in healthcare and life sciences.
We innovate every day to bring new solutions to our customers and to their patients.
Diverse Experiences
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Why AWS
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Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications.
- 10+ years of experience solving Life Sciences problems with applied computing (e.g. bioinformatics, computational chemistry, ML modeling, structure prediction, effect prediction, etc.).
- Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent.
- Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers.
- Up to date knowledge of AI models for Life Sciences, specifically Biological Foundation Models (BioFMs).
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $164,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $284,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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