Sr Software Development Engineer AWS Hardware Development

Come work on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Edge and Specialized Hardware 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.
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 products growth story.
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 were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.
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Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


Key job responsibilities
You will be part of a team that solves systemic issues drives changes back into development. You build mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate our infrastructure. As a member of the AWS Hardware engineering organization 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 fastpaced collaborative and open environment who arent afraid to divedeep to solve seemingly impossible challenges who want to build rock solid neverfail highlysecure hardware at worldclass scale and who obsess over customers.

A day in the life
Lead the Software Development effort to define and build software and enable tools according our Software development best practices;
Work across internal HWEng teams to ensure we deliver on performance reliability and operational health of our platforms.
Work closely with internal customers to identify early any potential problems with onboarding new servers into their ecosystem.
Build manage and deploy software changes for rapid deployment to orgowned and customerowned systems.
Build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both test and production environments.

About the team
The team is comprised of Software Development Engineers and System Design Engineers all with the common goal of delivering the best specialized server fleet possible to our customers.

5 years of noninternship professional software development experience
5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C Python including objectoriented design
Experience integrating software applications into automated environments
Experience developing deploying and owning cloud applications
Familiarity with AWS and EC2 with ideally hands on experience
Ability to dive deep to analyze complex issues solve problems and automate repetitive tasks
Experience in developing functional design specifications validation plans and functional test procedures
Excellent verbal and written communication as well as documentation skills

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age 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 Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.