Solutions Architect Manager, Cross Industries - Travel & Logistics

Role overview

Solutions Architect Manager, Cross Industries - Travel & Logistics at Amazon

Responsibilities

• You will navigate ambiguity, set clear goals, and establish the metrics that measure success - all while developing the next generation of technical talent on your team.

Employment details

• Location: Mumbai [Maharashtra] [India]

Application details

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About the employer

• Amazon is looking for a Solutions Architect Manager to lead a team of solutions architects who design and deliver scalable, reliable systems that directly impact how our customers experience our products and services.
• Experience in cloud architecture and CXO level engagement Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.

Additional role details

• Are you a technical leader who thrives on solving complex architectural challenges while building and growing high-performing teams?
• In this role, you will define the strategic direction for your team, partner with cross-functional stakeholders, and drive architectural decisions that balance performance, cost, security, and operational excellence.
• Key job responsibilities - Define and communicate team vision, goals, and long-term strategy by working backwards from customer problems, partnering with stakeholders across engineering, product, and business teams to align on priorities and architectural direction. - Lead architectural reviews and drive system design decisions, evaluating tradeoffs across reliability, security, performance, and cost while ensuring solutions are scalable and maintainable over time. - Build, grow, and manage an inclusive team of solutions architects, providing coaching, career development, and actionable feedback that empowers each team member to deliver results and advance their professional growth. - Establish workflows, service level agreements, and audit mechanisms that ensure operational excellence, data-driven decision-making, and measurable quality across your team's deliverables. - Identify opportunities to simplify processes and reduce complexity, leveraging generative artificial intelligence tools and reusable patterns to improve team productivity and accelerate solution delivery.
• A day in the life You might start your morning reviewing an architecture proposal from a team member, asking targeted questions that sharpen the design before a stakeholder review.
• After a quick sync with partner engineering teams to align on integration timelines, you shift into a one-on-one with a direct report to discuss their development goals and an upcoming stretch project.
• Later, you prepare a narrative for leadership that outlines your team's progress against quarterly objectives and flags emerging risks.
• Throughout, you balance hands-on technical guidance with the strategic thinking needed to keep your team moving in the right direction.
• About the team Our team is focused on designing solutions that help Travel & Logistics customers in India build and scale systems that they can rely on every day.
• We work closely with engineering, product, and business partners to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable architectures.
• We value collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to operational rigor.
• As we look ahead, we are investing in new approaches to accelerate how we deliver solutions - and we want leaders who are excited to shape that future while building a team culture grounded in trust, inclusion, and continuous learning.
• 10+ years of architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc. experience - 2+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience - 8+ years of technology solutions development and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing experience - Bachelor's degree - Experience leading and growing teams of senior technology professionals, ideally in customer facing roles
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