Amazon · 8 hours ago
System Development Engineer, Hardware Engineering Services
Seattle, Washington, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$129K/yr - $175K/yr
4+ years expAmazon is a leading cloud platform provider, and they are seeking an experienced System Development Engineer for their Hardware Engineering Services team. The role involves collaborating with hardware engineers and integrating hardware/software components to build next-generation servers.
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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
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
Qualification
Required
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
3+ 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 in computer architecture, or experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or 2+ years of technical work experience
Experience with modern technology devices in storage, networking, memory as well as a variety of interface standards and protocols (I2C, IPMI, SPI, PCIe)
Preferred
Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
4+ years of systems development experience
5+ years of integration, testing and automation experience
Experience in Network protocols like DNS/DHCP/TCP, or experience in Linux and Networking protocols and experience with web-based applications and HTTP
Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
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
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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