Sr. System Dev Engineer, Storage Systems Team

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (IoT) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

At this scale something that happens once in a million times happens about 100 trillion times. Were looking for a diagnostician. Someone who seeks out and enjoys solving problems across systems programs and hardware. Our desire is to never solve the same problem twice. We root cause fix and move on to the next challenge.

The ideal candidate for this role will have a proven track record of rapidly coming up to speed on new engineering disciplines making impactful decisions within that space. Your experienced in complex multi-domain systems both building them up as well as debugging. Having a systems code span 3 different languages and the globe does not slow you down. AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology come help us make history!

What you will do: You will be a Sr lead HWEng Storage Systems team and will interact with engineers across the company to lead the development of AWS storage servers and devices. Key Responsibilities for this position include authoring requirements specifications system design and development all while testing at each phase. The main areas of focus for this position: develop software to validate hardware monitor the cloud fleet and identify failures signatures and linux system debugging for production hosts.

Why it matters: Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come. The scale of AWS combined with an understanding of how our hardware is used creates a unique opportunity for component customization that will directly benefit customers.

Why you will love it: You will work with engineers across the company to build next-generation storage servers. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our developers. You will be part of a growing fast paced and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work. You will see direct product improvements based on the results of your work.


Key job responsibilities
- Must have leadership experience developing automation software spanning across multiple teams and multiple organizations.
- Must have experience designing and building system-level software at scale with an emphasis on durability availability security and diagnostics.
- Must have a strong understanding of OS internals most notably storage subsystems in a Linux-based environment.
- Must have demonstrated experience with building and troubleshooting device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86.
- Must have demonstrated experience debugging Linux boot and runtime problems on ARM and x86.
- Desirable to have an understanding of AWS services specifically distributed storage systems and use of storage hardware
- Must have experience hands on development of automation software in at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Java or others.

A day in the life
Lead the Hardware Engineering (HWEng) System Development (SysDE) effort to define and build software and enabling tools according to defined HWEng Software development best practices; Track and report progress. Work across internal HWEng teams to ensure new storage hardware addresses data path and control path functionality needed by the EC2 EBS and S3 teams. Work closely with internal customers to identify early any potential problems with on-boarding new storage servers into their ecosystem. Build manage and deploy pipelines for rapid deployment of new code changes to a variety of org-owned and customer-owned systems. Build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both test and production environments.

About the team
System Development Engineers in AWS Hardware Engineering wear many hats. From orchestration tooling development to hardware integration to kernel driver debugging we dive deep into problems across the breadth of AWS. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of rapidly coming up to speed on new engineering disciplines making impactful decisions within that space and have experience gluing together components written by more specialized engineers to create a cohesive well-running engineering product.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
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Work/Life Balance
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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Diverse Experiences
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- 5 years of programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Python Golang PowerShell Ruby experience
- 4 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 4 years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience
- 4 years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 5 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

- 10 years of leadership experience developing automation software spanning across multiple teams and multiple organizations.
- 10 years of experience designing and building system-level software at scale with an emphasis on durability availability security and diagnostics.
- Must have a strong understanding of OS internals most notably storage subsystems in a Linux-based environment.
- Must have demonstrated experience with building and troubleshooting device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86.
- Must have demonstrated experience debugging Linux boot and runtime problems on ARM and x86.
- Desirable to have an understanding of AWS services specifically distributed storage systems and use of storage hardware

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 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 $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.