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Sr. System Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Development

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leading cloud computing platform providing innovative web services to more than one million customers worldwide.
$136,100 - $235,200
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
6+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Sr. System Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Development

Come work on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Edge and Specialized Hardware (ESH) test development and automation team. We are seeking a Senior System Development Engineer to join our AWS Hardware Engineering (HWEng) team that creates server designs for Amazon's innovative web services. Our team owns, develops, and delivers the tools and infrastructure enabling Edge, Outposts, Specialized Hardware, and Archival Storage platforms.

As a Sr. System Development Engineer, you'll be working on critical infrastructure that powers AWS's edge services and Outposts, delivering data processing, analysis, and storage close to endpoints. You'll be part of a diverse team of software and system engineers, collaborating across AWS to maintain the highest standards for quality, safety, and security.

The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of the full technical stack from hardware to software, with a strong interest in cloud-scale operations. You should excel at systems debugging, finding interaction issues between server components, and developing tactical solutions to diagnose and fix issues. Leadership skills, strong organizational abilities, and excellent communication are essential.

Our designs are industry-leading in frugality and operational excellence, serving more than one million AWS customers. You'll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you'll tackle challenging technology problems, build architecturally sound solutions, and help AWS realize critical business strategies.

This role offers the unique opportunity to work with a small team within a large enterprise, allowing for experimentation, technical growth, and the chance to be part of a significant product growth story. You'll have access to cutting-edge technology and the ability to make meaningful contributions to AWS's infrastructure services.

The position includes competitive compensation with a base pay range of $136,100 to $235,200 per year depending on location, plus equity, sign-on payments, and comprehensive benefits. Join us in building and maintaining the future of cloud computing at AWS.

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Responsibilities For Sr. System Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Development

  • Lead the System Development effort to define and build software and enabling tools
  • Develop automation to improve ESH platforms
  • Author requirement documents for new architecture
  • Publish comprehensive design docs along with trade-offs
  • Software development, testing and building diagnostic tools for continuous monitoring
  • Debug and root cause complex server platforms
  • Work with other subject matter experts in compute, memory, storage technologies

Requirements For Sr. System Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Development

Linux
Python
Java
Go
  • 5+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
  • 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 6+ years of designing or architecting of new and existing systems experience
  • 6+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
  • Experience with x86 architecture, as well as ARM, and FPGA devices
  • Experience with modern technology devices in network, memory and interface standards
  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant work experience

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