System Development Engineer, AWS Mainstream Compute

About the role

The Server Hardware Engineering team at Amazon Web Services (AWS) creates compute and storage server designs for Amazon’s web services. Our engineers work with leading-edge technologies, solve challenging problems, influence the industry’s roadmaps, and develop new and unique solutions that are ahead of the pack. We work in an environment that fosters innovation and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the design and development of server products utilizing a wide range of design and manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate with people across AWS to help deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.
• Work closely with our customers to understand their technical needs and business goals, architecting solutions that meet their requirements.
• Work with an interdisciplinary team of component, firmware, test, qualification, and integration engineers to bring these servers to the data center.
• Oversee the fleet of servers after launch, monitoring their quality and how they meet customer requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 5+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
• Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware, or experience in debugging, profiling, and implementing software engineering best practices in large-scale systems

Qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience with test plan development, building the necessary test bench infrastructure, developing tests and verifying the design
• 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience

Skills

• Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

Base salary range for this position is $129,200.00 - $174,800.00 USD annually.

Schedule

Full-time position.