System Development Engineer, Hardware Engineering Services

SysDE (System Development Engineer):
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering Services (HWEngS) team creates compute storage accelerator and enterprise servers for Amazons innovative web services. We are seeking an experienced SysDE who collaborates with Server Hardware Engineers and completes the system design and software/script development work required to build next-generation servers and HW components. Our designs are industry-leading in performance frugality and operational excellence and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the greater than one million customers who use AWS today. Our SysDEs solve challenging technology problems and builds architecturally sound high-quality servers and components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies. Our success depends on our highly respected server infrastructure; were handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies.

What you will do: As a member of the Specialized Platforms and Servers team youll be responsible for the integration of hardware/software components to build our servers working with service teams to define products and supporting operations in all the locations we have servers. You will interact with engineers across the company and work with an interdisciplinary team to execute product designs from concept to production including design development validation and the deployment of servers at scale.

You will solve design challenges across many disciplines including server firmware/software integration into our software service control plane manufacturing and operations. You will deliver test plan coverage criteria and monitor plans used to build our servers and components. You will work closely with internal teams to prototype concept designs bring up systems and ensure our designs are of the highest quality. You will use high judgement to solve problems individually or guide others when help is needed.

This is a fast-paced challenging position and youll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. Youll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with and youll be constantly looking for ways to improve your products performance quality and cost. Were changing an industry and we want team members who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

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 hardware customizations that will directly benefit AWS customers.

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

Key job responsibilities
As SysDE you will be part of a team that solves systemic issues drives changes back into development and builds mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate our infrastructure. As a member of the AWS HWEngS team you will work with other subject matter experts in compute memory storage technologies to develop and deliver the best customer experience in cloud computing.
We aim to hire engineers who will thrive in a fast-paced collaborative and open environment who arent afraid to dive-deep to solve seemingly impossible challenges who want to build rock solid never-fail highly-secure hardware at world-class scale and who obsess over customers.

A day in the life
Your day to day responsibilities will include leading the HWEngS System Development effort to define and build software and enabling tools according to defined HWEngS Software development best practices. You will be responsible for solving operational challenges to our existing fleet with the goal of improving the current customer experience as well as developing improved systems for future designs. You will interface with internal HWEngS teams to ensure chosen HW and FW delivers performance reliability and operational health needed by the EC2 Specialized Platforms and Servers. You will build manage and deploy pipelines for rapid deployment of new code changes to EC2 Specialized Platforms and Servers. You will build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both test and production environments.

About the team
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. Youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
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.

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.


- 4 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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 modern technology devices in storage networking memory as well as a variety of interface standards and protocols (I2C IPMI SPI PCIe)

- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
- 4 years of server systems debug experience; debugging and root causing complex server platforms
- 4 years of experience contributing towards increasing durability security availability and scalability of systems through exploration diagnosis and remediation
- Experience developing deploying and owning cloud applications
- Familiarity with AWS and EC2 with ideally hands on experience
- Ability to dive deep to analyze complex issues solve problems and automate repetitive tasks
- Experience in developing functional design specifications validation plans and functional test procedures
- Experience with server technologies: BIOS BMC signal integrity memory storage networking PCIe and thermal

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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 129200.00 - 174800.00 USD annually