Senior System Dev Engineer - GenAI Accelerator Servers, AWS Hardware Engineering

Do you want to build the backbone of Generative AI cloud at AWS Do you want to build the future of the cloud for AI training and inference Want to do industry leading work delivering continuous price performance improvements in the cloud for AI model training for multi billion variable LLMs Come Join us in designing delivering and operating AWS cloud offerings that enable high performance and scalability in AI/ML and HPC workloads.

You are intrigued by the continuous release of newer AWS services and instance types that solve newer bigger and more interesting business problems every day Does that make you wish your talents were applied to those at cloud scale If yes then come join us - we are looking for builders like you.

The AWS Hardware Engineering team creates server designs for Amazons innovative web services. Our designs are industry-leading 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 high-quality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.

The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative self-starter. You are knowledgeable of the full technical stack - vertically from baremetal server hardware up to the software in userland and everything in the middle. You have tremendous interest in cloud scale and curious how systems and software decisions impact the user. You insist on highest-standards and are able to develop tactical solutions/tools to diagnose and fix issues. You are an excellent systems debugger - finding interaction issues between components on server systems. You are a leader with strong organizational planning and communication skills. You are a builder!

What you will do

You will work with engineers across the company for delivering the next-generation AWS platforms. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for AWS. 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.

AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology come help us make history!

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 software and hardware is used creates a unique opportunity for component customizations that will directly benefit our customers.

Why you will love it

You will work with engineers across the company for delivering the next-generation AWS platforms. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for AWS. 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
You will be a technical leader solving complex architectural problems which may not defined before hand. You will be owning the teams systems and work proactively in identifying deficiencies writing tactical code to solve issues before they impact customers and working with your team to scale the solution. You will decompose big difficult server system testability reliability and diagnosis problems into straightforward tasks components or features that you will lead to deliver yourself and through others in parallel. You will use combination of hardware software system designs x86 architecture processes diagnosis and operations knowledge.

A day in the life
Working with a variety of job roles (SDEs SDETs Hardware Engineers TPMs Managers Principals) and groups (AWS Hardware Engineering EC2 other AWS services) through server conception test launch and operations. Driving high quality and reliability into future/new designs for AWS Accelerated server solutions for AWS Cloud.

About the team
The Hardware Engineering AI / ML development team is a group of engineers and technical program managers directly responsible for launching hardware in the fleet. Located out of Seattle Cupertino and Austin we work on programs with global development teams (both internal and external to Amazon). Our servers are located in datacenters globally.

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.

Utility Computing (UC)
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.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship and Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.


- 3 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
- 2 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

- 1 years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
- Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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.