System Development Manager, AWS Mainstream Compute

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering team creates compute and accelerator server designs for Amazons web services. Our engineers work with leading edge technologies solve challenging problems influence the industrys roadmaps and develop new and unique solutions that are ahead of the pack. We work in an environment that fosters innovation and creativity. We encourage and invest in new directions and new ideas that will serve our customers better. It is because of the team and our constant focus on customer that we are able to develop creative and new designs that set the standards on performance quality cost and operational excellence.
Youll join a diverse team of hardware engineers software engineers system engineers technical program 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.


Key job responsibilities
AWS Hardware Engineering is looking for a customer-obsessed team-driven technology leader to take our engineering of server hardware and software to the next level. As a System Development Manager you will work on Amazons hardest problems driving the team that owns the designs and operations for compute and accelerator-based products.
You will manage a mix of software and system engineers that are pushing the technology envelope with novel inventions to design and validate products at scale. You will understand the current infrastructure and come up with plans to improve the tools and processes for designing validating and monitoring fleet performance of the products.
Interacting with internal interdisciplinary teams you will oversee the platform development efforts and the test content and work with the component partner teams to drive the requirements for the platform. You will oversee the system integration development and testing for the tools that validate sub systems(CPU/memory/PCIe/power etc). You will standardize testing and define telemetry and alarming for the platforms the team designs. Maintaining healthy vendor relationships is critical to stay ahead of the curve including proactive communication and rapidly resolving issues. This is a fast-paced intellectually challenging position.


- 7 years of systems engineering and operations leadership for an Internet service or leading edge IT organization experience
- 5 years of managing system or software development teams experience
- 7 years of relevant hands-on systems engineering and administrative work in networking storage systems operating systems experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Experience in systems engineering and operations leadership for an Internet service or leading-edge IT organization
- Experience in managing system or software development teams
- Experience (hands-on) in systems engineering and administrative work in networking storage systems and operating systems
- Experience in agile software development methodology

- 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
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking storage operating systems)
- Experience with Agile engineering practices (Kanban continuous delivery etc.)
- Experience with AWS platforms services and design patterns

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $149700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $258800/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.