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Principal Solution Architects rank among the most consistently sponsored roles in enterprise tech. Employers file H-1B visa and L-1 visa petitions regularly for this title, and the specialty occupation qualification is straightforward given the degree-to-role alignment requirements. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Who are we?
Ready to build Amazon's next $100B business? We're not just entering shipping—we're transforming how billions of packages move around the globe. By evolving Amazon's legendary fulfillment engine into an agile, intelligent shipping network, we're creating a resilient system that continuously optimizes to deliver on time, every time, for every business and every customer. Every shipment is more than just a box—it spins the flywheel faster, continuously enhancing our logistics network through scale, speed, and intelligence. As we increase density and reach, we're revolutionizing shipping for ALL businesses while simultaneously strengthening Amazon's own delivery capabilities—reducing costs and accelerating deliveries across our entire ecosystem.
What will you do?
You will be the strategic technical leader for Amazon Shipping's largest enterprise customer engagements, owning the technical relationship end to end from pre-sales through delivery. You start at the first conversation, lead technical discovery, and define the target architecture for how the customer integrates with Amazon Shipping.
Enterprise customers run many systems: TMS, WMS, ERP, order management, and homegrown platforms, often with their own undefined priorities. You will align these on a single, well-defined integration architecture, resolve the hardest design questions, and stay hands-on to make sure what gets built is scalable, secure, and performant.
As a Principal, you operate at the strategic level. You advise the customer's senior and executive stakeholders, shape how they think about their broader integration strategy, and act as their trusted technical advisor through the lifecycle. You drive clarity where the business objective and the strategy are not yet defined. You turn each engagement into lasting capability: reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance that other architects and customers reuse without you in the room. You feed what you learn in the field back into Amazon Shipping's API roadmap and platform direction, and you represent Amazon Shipping as a technical thought leader in customer and industry forums.
You will collaborate closely with:
- Enterprise customers as the lead technical owner and strategic advisor, pre-sales to delivery
- Customer senior and executive stakeholders, aligning them on architecture and approach
- Commercial and Sales teams to shape and win strategic technical engagements
- Product and Engineering teams, feeding field insight into the API roadmap and platform
- The customer's system integrators and ISVs when an engagement requires it
Who are you?
You are a seasoned solution architect who has owned large enterprise customers end to end and operated as a strategic technical advisor to their senior leadership. You walk into ambiguity, draw out requirements, align stakeholders, and commit to an architecture you will stand behind and be measured on.
Key attributes:
- Deep expertise in API development, REST, cXML, EDI, and integration patterns
- Proven ownership of enterprise integrations across TMS, WMS, ERP, and OMS systems
- Strength in technical discovery: turning ambiguous, undefined problems into a clear architecture
- Strategic influence with customer executives and IT leadership, not just engineers
- A record of building reusable mechanisms (reference architectures, governance) that scale past one deal
- Thought leadership through industry forums, publications, and developer communities
- Strategic thinking that connects technical decisions to customer business outcomes
- Customer obsession with a hands-on, get-it-done approach
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise-scale, technology-driven solutions in logistics, shipping, or supply chain technology
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
- Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
- Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent
- Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 182,800.00 - 247,300.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 182,800.00 - 247,300.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
Who are we?
Ready to build Amazon's next $100B business? We're not just entering shipping—we're transforming how billions of packages move around the globe. By evolving Amazon's legendary fulfillment engine into an agile, intelligent shipping network, we're creating a resilient system that continuously optimizes to deliver on time, every time, for every business and every customer. Every shipment is more than just a box—it spins the flywheel faster, continuously enhancing our logistics network through scale, speed, and intelligence. As we increase density and reach, we're revolutionizing shipping for ALL businesses while simultaneously strengthening Amazon's own delivery capabilities—reducing costs and accelerating deliveries across our entire ecosystem.
What will you do?
You will be the strategic technical leader for Amazon Shipping's largest enterprise customer engagements, owning the technical relationship end to end from pre-sales through delivery. You start at the first conversation, lead technical discovery, and define the target architecture for how the customer integrates with Amazon Shipping.
Enterprise customers run many systems: TMS, WMS, ERP, order management, and homegrown platforms, often with their own undefined priorities. You will align these on a single, well-defined integration architecture, resolve the hardest design questions, and stay hands-on to make sure what gets built is scalable, secure, and performant.
As a Principal, you operate at the strategic level. You advise the customer's senior and executive stakeholders, shape how they think about their broader integration strategy, and act as their trusted technical advisor through the lifecycle. You drive clarity where the business objective and the strategy are not yet defined. You turn each engagement into lasting capability: reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance that other architects and customers reuse without you in the room. You feed what you learn in the field back into Amazon Shipping's API roadmap and platform direction, and you represent Amazon Shipping as a technical thought leader in customer and industry forums.
You will collaborate closely with:
- Enterprise customers as the lead technical owner and strategic advisor, pre-sales to delivery
- Customer senior and executive stakeholders, aligning them on architecture and approach
- Commercial and Sales teams to shape and win strategic technical engagements
- Product and Engineering teams, feeding field insight into the API roadmap and platform
- The customer's system integrators and ISVs when an engagement requires it
Who are you?
You are a seasoned solution architect who has owned large enterprise customers end to end and operated as a strategic technical advisor to their senior leadership. You walk into ambiguity, draw out requirements, align stakeholders, and commit to an architecture you will stand behind and be measured on.
Key attributes:
- Deep expertise in API development, REST, cXML, EDI, and integration patterns
- Proven ownership of enterprise integrations across TMS, WMS, ERP, and OMS systems
- Strength in technical discovery: turning ambiguous, undefined problems into a clear architecture
- Strategic influence with customer executives and IT leadership, not just engineers
- A record of building reusable mechanisms (reference architectures, governance) that scale past one deal
- Thought leadership through industry forums, publications, and developer communities
- Strategic thinking that connects technical decisions to customer business outcomes
- Customer obsession with a hands-on, get-it-done approach
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise-scale, technology-driven solutions in logistics, shipping, or supply chain technology
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
- Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
- Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent
- Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 182,800.00 - 247,300.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 182,800.00 - 247,300.00 USD annually
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Target enterprise software and cloud vendors first
Companies like Salesforce, AWS, Oracle, and SAP sponsor Principal Solution Architects at high rates. Their established immigration programs mean faster LCA filing, predictable timelines, and legal teams experienced with complex H-1B petitions for senior technical roles.
Document the technical depth of your role clearly
USCIS scrutinizes solution architect titles as potentially managerial. Your offer letter and job description should emphasize hands-on technical responsibilities, specific technologies, and client-facing architecture work to strengthen the specialty occupation argument for your petition.
A computer science or engineering degree is your strongest asset
H-1B approval for this role is most straightforward with a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or information systems. Degrees in adjacent fields can qualify, but expect closer scrutiny and potentially a Request for Evidence.
L-1A is a strong alternative if you're transferring internally
Principal Solution Architects moving from a foreign parent, subsidiary, or affiliate into a U.S. office may qualify for an L-1A or L-1B visa. This bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and can be filed any time of year.
Senior-level roles attract O-1A consideration
If you have published work, industry awards, conference speaking credits, or peer review experience, O-1A is worth exploring. Principal-level architects with a strong external profile often meet the extraordinary ability threshold more easily than they expect.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for verified sponsoring employers
Not every company listing this role will sponsor. Migrate Mate surfaces Principal Solution Architect positions from employers with active sponsorship history, saving you from applying to roles where immigration support is uncertain or unavailable at the senior level.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Solution Architect qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS generally accepts Principal Solution Architect as a specialty occupation when the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or a closely related field. The risk of a Request for Evidence increases when job descriptions include broad business development or account management responsibilities without sufficient technical depth, so your employer's job description matters significantly.
What visa types do employers typically use to sponsor Principal Solution Architects?
The H-1B visa is the most common path. L-1B visas are used for intracompany transfers where the applicant has specialized knowledge, and L-1A applies when the role includes managerial or executive responsibilities. O-1A is an option for candidates with a strong track record of industry recognition. TN visa status is available for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying computer-related occupations, though the role classification requires careful documentation.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my chances as a Principal Solution Architect?
The lottery applies regardless of seniority. In FY2025, USCIS received roughly 442,000 registrations for 85,000 slots, producing a selection rate of around 25%. Candidates with a U.S. master's degree or higher enter the master's cap pool first, which slightly improves odds. If you're not selected, employers can refile in the next registration cycle or pursue cap-exempt petitions through qualifying nonprofit or government research organizations.
Do I need a four-year degree to get sponsored for this role?
A four-year bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field is the standard requirement. However, USCIS also accepts a combination of education and progressive work experience under the three-for-one rule: three years of specialized experience can substitute for one year of formal education. For a principal-level role, employers often prefer candidates with a master's degree, which also strengthens the specialty occupation argument if your undergraduate field is not an exact match.
Where can I find Principal Solution Architect jobs with confirmed visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this. It lists Principal Solution Architect roles from employers with verified sponsorship history, so you're not guessing whether a company will support your visa. Filtering by sponsorship type lets you focus on employers that regularly file H-1B or L-1 petitions for senior technical roles, which is where you want to concentrate your applications.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Principal Solution Architect jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.