System Development Engineer, Controls Development Experience

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Herndon, VA · Today

Quality AssuranceFull-time

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for 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.

AWS is looking for a System Development Engineer to become part of a global Data Center Engineering team, responsible for the design, development, automation, and continuous innovation within our rapidly expanding and evolving data center footprint. Our Controls Products & Services team takes full product ownership to design, develop, and deliver electrical and mechanical controls systems that programmatically scale compute capacity. As engineers at Amazon, we are responsible for achieving a world-class uptime for our customers. We seek new ways to enhance the reliability, scalability, and cost effectiveness of our engineering designs. As an engineer at Amazon, you have the ability to drive change and make a substantial impact in the systems our customers rely on.

Key job responsibilities

Work in a cross-disciplinary setting with ability to influence and drive others
Work has deep and far reaching impact on overall product design/solutions
Advise peer engineers and management team
Make technical trade-offs between short-term project goals and long-term business needs
Develop common libraries and reusable modular components to accelerate build cycles
Simplify, optimize, and accelerate the software development cycle for data center controls products
Leverage economy of scale through standardization and modularization of data center controls products
Provide technical subject matter expertise to peers, senior management, and partner teams
Develop business justification and narratives to promote new concepts and ideas
Lead key initiatives for the organization while demonstrating complete ownership
Work with global partners to deliver electrical and mechanical controls products

Basic Qualifications

2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

Compensation