The AWS Hardware Engineering team creates server designs for Amazons innovative cloud services. Our designs are industryleading in frugality and operational excellence and are critical to the success of the AWS business and millions of customers who use AWS today. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems and build architecturally sound highquality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.
The ideal candidate for this role will be a curious innovative selfstarter. You will be an experienced Software Development Engineer specialized in programmable logic development with excellent hardware description language skills knowledge in digital hardware and embedded firmware and eager to expand your knowledge and skills. You will use broad knowledge of the system in your projects to find the best solutions to difficult problems. You will work with engineers across the company as well as external companies and lead development efforts to and beyond delivery. You will collaborate with internal and external development engineers (software hardware validation software services). AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology come help us make history!
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were the people who keep 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.
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
This is an individual contributor role within AWS software development team that owns programmable logic components required for operating and supporting servers in data centers and beyond. The candidate will be an experienced developer who owns end to end programmable logic development that includes design work estimates implementation verification and validation of new features and capabilities. The developer also owns programmable logic component design deployment operational monitoring debug and support to improve fleet health. Additionally the developer is responsible for growing and developing junior team members and contributing to team growth to improve efficiency and quality.
About the team
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3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
3 years of programming with at least one hardware description language experience
3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Experience in embedded development in C/C
Bachelors degree in electrical or computer engineering or equivalent
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/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.