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Are you passionate about leveraging GenAI and advanced AWS technologies to simplify builder experience and accelerate innovations at AWS scale? We are building a new organization, AWS Builder Acceleration (AWSBA), focused on reducing toil and increasing building efficiency across AWS builders. Our mission is to accelerate AWS builder teams’ innovation by eliminating friction throughout the software development and operational lifecycle. Through AI based automated solutions and centralized service management, we address fundamental challenges including Keep The Light On (KTLO) service maintenance burden, launch readiness complexities, and recurring operational load. Through continuous collaboration with builder teams to identify emerging challenges, we shape our strategic roadmap to reinvent the development and operational ecosystem.
We are seeking an experienced principal engineer to lead AWSBA to simplify and accelerate the software development experience for 20,000+ AWS engineers. You will shape AWS builder experience from the ground up with a singular mission: make software development, deployment and maintenance simpler across AWS. Success requires building services and tools that reduce friction, listening closely to what your internal customers tell you gets in the way of building, influencing the Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) roadmap, and driving transformation for engineering teams. You will harness advanced technologies, including AI-powered tooling, agentic workflows, and innovative AWS solutions, to create next-generation software builder experience at AWS scale.
This role requires ownership, autonomy, and an ability to deliver results. You should be a self-starter with a bias towards independent problem solving. Clear communication and prioritization will be important as you partner with stakeholders to plan, design, and deliver game changing builder experiences to accelerate innovation. Your passion for improving builder experiences, and proven experience managing complex technology projects, will help you make strong strategic judgments. Your expertise is deep and broad. You start with the customers (builders) and work backwards to develop a coherent vision for services and tools that support the efficiency, flexibility and scale that builders expect from us. You have built and operated systems that support high-end business complexity and scale with simple and elegant solutions that are highly decoupled. You will be responsible for setting up the technical vision for AWS Builder Acceleration org and join a select team of innovators creating the next generation of AWS builder experiences that will shape the company's future.
About You
You should have deep expertise in the architecture and business use of AWS technologies. You recognize the transformative potential of generative AI in software development and are excited to pioneer AI-powered builder experiences that fundamentally change how developers write, debug, deploy and operate code at scale. You remain technically hands-on and close to the technology despite your leadership role. You're passionate about developer experience and get frustrated by inefficiencies that make building software unnecessarily difficult. You understand the challenges AWS developers face today and have a clear vision for improvement. You spend time listening to teams across AWS and validating that your teams are working on the right problems, and the solutions meaningfully simplify the AWS developer experience across all teams. You should be an authority at crafting, implementing, and operating scalable solutions to increase building efficiency across AWS builders. You are a visionary leader, builder and operator. You have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous software development initiatives. You are able to balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology. You’ll strive for simplicity and will demonstrate significant creativity. You have strong backbone - able to voice opinions confidently, make difficult decisions, and defend your position when working with senior leaders across AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Define and drive long term technical strategy for AWS Builder Acceleration org.
- Identify and prioritize high-impact problems that impede AWS software development.
- Decompose complex builder problems into simple, straightforward and scalable solutions.
- Develop a strategic roadmap that delivers meaningful improvements weekly while working toward long-term transformation.
- Establish team culture and coach other SDEs to set new standards for the ideal software builder experience.
- Partner closely with ASBX while focusing on AWS specific challenges.
- Make and defend decisions about scope and priorities, even when facing pressure from senior stakeholders.
Unique Opportunities
- Re-imagine how developers build and operate the software that underpins the world's largest cloud.
- Shape a new organization from day one.
- Drive significant transformation across AWS engineering.
- Pioneer the use of cutting-edge generative AI technologies to create the next generation of builder experiences.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 10+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
- 8+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
- Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, highly available, low latency, high quality systems.
- Experience in technical leadership role within a large organization.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Deep hands-on experience building software at AWS.
- Experience with software tooling and services supporting development lifecycle at scale.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with senior leaders across organizations to develop and champion long-term technical strategy.
- Experience building large-scale AI solutions.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $180,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $311,200/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
DESCRIPTION
Are you passionate about leveraging GenAI and advanced AWS technologies to simplify builder experience and accelerate innovations at AWS scale? We are building a new organization, AWS Builder Acceleration (AWSBA), focused on reducing toil and increasing building efficiency across AWS builders. Our mission is to accelerate AWS builder teams’ innovation by eliminating friction throughout the software development and operational lifecycle. Through AI based automated solutions and centralized service management, we address fundamental challenges including Keep The Light On (KTLO) service maintenance burden, launch readiness complexities, and recurring operational load. Through continuous collaboration with builder teams to identify emerging challenges, we shape our strategic roadmap to reinvent the development and operational ecosystem.
We are seeking an experienced principal engineer to lead AWSBA to simplify and accelerate the software development experience for 20,000+ AWS engineers. You will shape AWS builder experience from the ground up with a singular mission: make software development, deployment and maintenance simpler across AWS. Success requires building services and tools that reduce friction, listening closely to what your internal customers tell you gets in the way of building, influencing the Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) roadmap, and driving transformation for engineering teams. You will harness advanced technologies, including AI-powered tooling, agentic workflows, and innovative AWS solutions, to create next-generation software builder experience at AWS scale.
This role requires ownership, autonomy, and an ability to deliver results. You should be a self-starter with a bias towards independent problem solving. Clear communication and prioritization will be important as you partner with stakeholders to plan, design, and deliver game changing builder experiences to accelerate innovation. Your passion for improving builder experiences, and proven experience managing complex technology projects, will help you make strong strategic judgments. Your expertise is deep and broad. You start with the customers (builders) and work backwards to develop a coherent vision for services and tools that support the efficiency, flexibility and scale that builders expect from us. You have built and operated systems that support high-end business complexity and scale with simple and elegant solutions that are highly decoupled. You will be responsible for setting up the technical vision for AWS Builder Acceleration org and join a select team of innovators creating the next generation of AWS builder experiences that will shape the company's future.
About You
You should have deep expertise in the architecture and business use of AWS technologies. You recognize the transformative potential of generative AI in software development and are excited to pioneer AI-powered builder experiences that fundamentally change how developers write, debug, deploy and operate code at scale. You remain technically hands-on and close to the technology despite your leadership role. You're passionate about developer experience and get frustrated by inefficiencies that make building software unnecessarily difficult. You understand the challenges AWS developers face today and have a clear vision for improvement. You spend time listening to teams across AWS and validating that your teams are working on the right problems, and the solutions meaningfully simplify the AWS developer experience across all teams. You should be an authority at crafting, implementing, and operating scalable solutions to increase building efficiency across AWS builders. You are a visionary leader, builder and operator. You have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous software development initiatives. You are able to balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology. You’ll strive for simplicity and will demonstrate significant creativity. You have strong backbone - able to voice opinions confidently, make difficult decisions, and defend your position when working with senior leaders across AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Define and drive long term technical strategy for AWS Builder Acceleration org.
- Identify and prioritize high-impact problems that impede AWS software development.
- Decompose complex builder problems into simple, straightforward and scalable solutions.
- Develop a strategic roadmap that delivers meaningful improvements weekly while working toward long-term transformation.
- Establish team culture and coach other SDEs to set new standards for the ideal software builder experience.
- Partner closely with ASBX while focusing on AWS specific challenges.
- Make and defend decisions about scope and priorities, even when facing pressure from senior stakeholders.
Unique Opportunities
- Re-imagine how developers build and operate the software that underpins the world's largest cloud.
- Shape a new organization from day one.
- Drive significant transformation across AWS engineering.
- Pioneer the use of cutting-edge generative AI technologies to create the next generation of builder experiences.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 10+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
- 8+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
- Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, highly available, low latency, high quality systems.
- Experience in technical leadership role within a large organization.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Deep hands-on experience building software at AWS.
- Experience with software tooling and services supporting development lifecycle at scale.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with senior leaders across organizations to develop and champion long-term technical strategy.
- Experience building large-scale AI solutions.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $180,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $311,200/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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Verify your engineering credentials map correctly
Pull the O*NET profile for Principal Engineer roles and confirm your Chilean degree and years of specialized engineering experience align with the specialty occupation definition. A mismatch at the consular interview is harder to fix than a document gap caught early.
Target employers with active H-1B1 filing histories
Search DOL LCA disclosure data through the OFLC Wage Search to identify companies that have filed H-1B1 Chile petitions for engineering roles. These employers already understand the process and won't need you to explain the visa from scratch.
Request the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
The DOL prevailing wage for Principal Engineer roles is tied to your work location and experience level. Run the OFLC Wage Search before your offer conversation so you know whether the employer's number meets or clears the required wage floor.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate's job board to find Principal Engineer roles at companies with confirmed H-1B1 visa Chile LCA filing history. You'll see which employers have sponsored Chilean nationals before, cutting out companies that list engineering roles but have no sponsorship track record.
Confirm the LCA is certified before signing
Your employer must have a certified Labor Condition Application from DOL before you can apply at the consulate. Don't give notice to a current employer or book travel until you have written confirmation the LCA certification is in hand.
Prepare for consular questions on specialty occupation
Consular officers assess whether your Principal Engineer role genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific engineering discipline. Bring your offer letter, job description, and degree credentials to the interview so the specialty occupation connection is immediately clear.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the H-1B1 Chile visa?
Yes, provided the role requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific engineering discipline such as computer engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering. The consular officer will assess whether your job description and duties align with that requirement. A generic title with broad, non-technical duties is more likely to face scrutiny than a role with defined engineering deliverables and a clear degree requirement.
How does the H-1B1 Chile visa differ from the H-1B for Principal Engineer positions?
The H-1B visa1 Chile visa skips the H-1B lottery entirely and does not require USCIS to adjudicate a petition before you apply. Chilean nationals apply directly at the U.S. consulate once the employer has a certified LCA from DOL. The annual cap of 1,400 visas for Chilean nationals has not been reached in recent years, so timing risk is minimal compared to the H-1B visa's oversubscribed registration process.
How do I find Principal Engineer employers who will sponsor an H-1B1 Chile visa?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to identify companies with verified H-1B1 Chile LCA filing history for engineering roles. You can filter by role type and see which employers have already gone through the DOL certification process, which removes the uncertainty of approaching companies that may have no experience with Chilean national sponsorship.
Can I switch employers while on an H-1B1 Chile visa as a Principal Engineer?
Yes, but your new employer must complete a fresh LCA certification with DOL and you will need to return to the consulate or apply for a change of status. The H-1B1 is employer-specific, so your authorization does not automatically transfer. Start the process with the new employer before your current status expires to avoid a gap in lawful work authorization.
What documents does the consulate require for a Principal Engineer H-1B1 Chile application?
You'll need your certified LCA, a detailed offer letter confirming the role's specialty occupation requirements and compensation, proof of your engineering credentials, and your DS-160 confirmation. The consulate will evaluate whether your degree directly supports the engineering specialization the role requires, so your academic transcripts and any professional certifications strengthening that connection are worth including.
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