Sr. System Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Development [3 Days Left]

Company: Amazon Data Services, Inc.
Location: Cupertino
Posted on: June 26, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description Come work on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Edge and Specialized Hardware (ESH) test development and automation team. We are a team that owns, develops, and delivers the tools, and infrastructure enabling Edge, Outposts, Specialized Hardware, and Archival Storage platforms. The AWS Hardware Engineering (HWEng) team that we are part of, creates server designs for Amazon’s innovative web services. Our designs are industry-leading in frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the more than one million customers who use AWS today. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies. AWS edge services deliver data processing, analysis, and storage close to your endpoints, allowing you to deploy APIs and tools to locations outside AWS data centers. Outposts is part of the broader AWS Infrastructure Services which owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who builds and keeps the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. To learn more about edge and outposts, you can visit: https://aws.amazon.com/edge/ , https://aws.amazon.com/outposts. We are a small team within a big enterprise. This allows us to take risks and experiment, allows team members to flex their technical muscles and grow in their respective careers, and an unique opportunity to be part of the product's growth story. You’ll join a diverse team of software, and system engineers. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for quality, safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. The ideal candidate for this role is knowledgeable of the full technical stack, from hardware up to the software. You have tremendous interest in cloud scale and curious how systems and software decisions impact users. You insist on the highest-standards and are able to develop tactical solutions/tools to diagnose and fix issues. You are an excellent systems debugger - finding interaction issues between components on server systems. You are a leader with strong organizational, planning, and communication skills. You are a builder! Key job responsibilities You will be part of a team that solves systemic issues, drives changes back into development and builds mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate our infrastructure at the Edge, Outposts and Specialized hardware platforms. As a member of the AWS Hardware Engineering Services team, you will work with other subject matter experts in compute, memory, storage technologies to develop and deliver the best customer experience in cloud computing. We aim to hire engineers who will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and open environment, who aren't afraid to dive-deep to solve seemingly impossible challenges, who want to build rock solid never-fail, highly-secure hardware at world-class scale and who obsess over customers. A day in the life Lead the System Development (SysDE) effort to define and build software and enabling tools, according to defined HWEng Software development best practices and develop automation with the end goal of improving the ESH platforms. Key Responsibilities for this position include leading and implementing software (SW) best practices, author requirement documents for new architecture, publish comprehensive design docs along with trade-offs, SW development, testing and building diagnostic tools for continuous monitoring. A successful candidate in this role has prior understanding of server design and architecture to improve security, hands-on debugging experience on Linux systems and familiarity with kernel drivers and OS level software. Given our scale, it is critical to design tools, tests, infra that are future proof, scale and are stable. About the team The team is comprised of Software Development Engineers and System Design Engineers, all with the common goal of delivering the best server fleet possible to our customers. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5 years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience - 6 years of non-internship professional software development experience - 6 years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - 6 years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience - Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production - Experience with x86 architecture, as well as ARM, and FPGA devices - Experience with modern technology devices in network, memory as well as a variety of interface standards and protocols (I2C, IPMI, SPI, PCIe) - Excellent problem solving skills; ability to invent and simplify - BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical degree, or relevant work experience PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 7 years of SysDE (Systems Development Engineer) or equivalent experience - 7 years of server systems debug experience; debugging and root causing complex server platforms - 7 years of experience contributing towards increasing durability, security, availability and scalability of systems through exploration, diagnosis and remediation - Experience integrating software applications into automated environments - Experience developing, deploying, and owning cloud applications - Familiarity with AWS and EC2, with ideally hands on experience - Experience in developing functional design specifications, validation plans and functional test procedures - Excellent leadership, verbal and written communication skills 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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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