Sr System Development Engineer, AWS Edge HWEng Services

Amazon

  • Cupertino, CA
  • $121,000 per year
  • Training
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
DESCRIPTIONCome work on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Edge Services; a highly recognized hybrid cloud offering from AWS. AWS Edge Services (e.g. CloudFront, AGA, DX, etc.) is a low latency, content delivery network version of AWS Edge Fleet. To learn more about various Edge Services, please refer to https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ and https://aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/We are a start-up like team within a big enterprise. This allows us to take risk and experiment, allow team members to flex their technical muscles and grow in their respective careers, and an unique opportunity to be part of the product's growth story. Are you interested in building high performant hardware platform used to run the largest cloud computing infrastructures in the world, and managing systems at scale? If yes, come join us.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 at the Edge. As a member of the AWS Hardware 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 aren't 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.There are three main areas of focus for this position: (1) with limited guidance, define and build system architecture platform per customer requirements and, (2) system debugging for production hosts, and (3) building automation tools to make processes efficient and scalable across the broader organization.Key job responsibilities
- Must have leadership experience developing automation software, spanning across multiple teams and multiple organizations.
- Must have experience designing and building system-level software at scale, with an emphasis on durability, availability, security, and diagnostics.
- Must have a strong understanding of OS internals, most notably server platform subsystems in a Linux-based environment.
- Must have demonstrated experience with building and troubleshooting device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86.
- Must have demonstrated experience debugging Linux boot and runtime problems on ARM and x86.
- Desirable to have an understanding of AWS services, specifically, distributed systems and use of server hardware platforms.
- Must have experience hands on development of automation software in at least one modern language, such as Python, Ruby, Java, or others.A day in the life
System Development Engineers in AWS Hardware Engineering wear many hats. From orchestration tooling development, to hardware integration, to kernel driver debugging, to automating our processes, we dive deep into problems across the breadth of AWS. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of rapidly coming up to speed on new engineering disciplines, making impactful decisions within that space, and have experience gluing together components written by more specialized engineers to create a cohesive, well-running engineering product.About the team
The team is comprised of both Hardware Development Engineers, System Development Engineers, Software Development Engineers and Technical Program Managers, all with the common goal of delivering the best specialized server fleet possible to our customers.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Cupertino, CA, USABASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experiencePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 10+ years of leadership experience developing automation software, spanning across multiple teams and multiple organizations.
- 10+ years of experience designing and building system-level software at scale, with an emphasis on durability, availability, security, and diagnostics.
- Must have a strong understanding of OS internals, most notably server platform subsystems in a Linux-based environment.
- Must have demonstrated experience with building and troubleshooting device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86.
- Must have demonstrated experience debugging Linux boot and runtime problems on ARM and x86.
- Desirable to have an understanding of AWS services, specifically, distributed server subsystem or hardware platform subsystem.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $121,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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