Systems Development Engineer, in-Rack Power

The AWS Rack Power team is driving rapid innovation in the power systems used by Amazon Web Services. Our designs are fundamentally changing the data center providing operational and financial benefits that are critical to the success of the AWS business and its millions of customers. We design and build power equipment used by and AWS services such as EC2 EBS S3 Glacier and Outpost. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems and take big bets on new concepts enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry.

What you will do: Amazon is looking for Systems Development Engineers to build and scale the systems and software for the power solutions of the worlds largest and most complex networks. The engineers within our team are instrumental in to help drive the stability and sustainability of AWS next-generation power systems and to discover innovative ways to automate and scale telemetry and monitoring services as AWS expands globally.

Systems Development Engineers are expected to develop best practices refine operational procedures and constantly innovate proactively. You will continuously identify areas of growth within the existing services tools and processes to develop further technical mechanisms to reduce waste and continuously improve. Our ideal candidate is autonomous detail oriented possesses strong written and verbal communication skills and has experience working at scale. Systems Development Engineers work hand-in-hand with multiple teams and design disciplines to invent new ways of operating Amazons Next-Generation Network while never losing sight of the high security bar our customers demand.

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazons world class technical teams working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.

You will not only lead architecture development for key service components but will also provide technical leadership across a wide spectrum of technologies including large-scale globally distributed systems power technologies battery management systems and machine learning at scale.

Why it matters: Amazon has thousands of unique services both big and small that power the Retail website () Amazon Web Services Echo Kindle Amazon Instant Video and more. These services run on hardware around the world. We continually need to deploy newer innovative and more efficient and cost effective hardware. Your work will drive efficiency contributing to Amazons Climate Pledge. Your work will drive significant cost savings while improving the performance and reliability of our websites and services. Your work will ensure the highest reliability of power equipment.

Why you will love it: You will have exposure to teams and leaders across the entire company. You will be a part of a leading edge product development team. You will see many aspects of the Amazon business. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to improve things for our developers. You will be part of a growing fast paced and fun team. You will have ownership and responsibility for defining and executing processes that deliver both savings and productivity for Amazon.


- 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
- 7 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

- Experience with PowerShell (preferred) Python Ruby or Java
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201200/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.