System Development Engineer (Level 4), Intelligent Cloud Hosting

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for inventive Systems Development Engineers to join their dynamic team. This role involves leveraging technology to tackle challenges, improving tools, and collaborating with internal partners to enhance operational excellence. You will gain a deep understanding of the infrastructure while deploying and monitoring services across a vast architecture. If you are passionate about problem-solving and eager to contribute to a diverse and inclusive environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and teamwork, and help shape the future of cloud infrastructure management.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in software programming with at least one modern language.
• Experience with Linux systems and network fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Use technology to solve straightforward problems and improve small tools.
• Participate in design, scoping, and prioritization discussions.

Skills

Software Programming

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Linux Systems

Network Fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

SRE Tool-Kit

Job description

Job ID: 2944853 | Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited

Who are we? We host Amazon’s websites. That includes all of Amazon’s global marketplaces and partner portals, and all of Amazon’s consumer experiences like Kindle, Alexa, Amazon Video, Mobile Application; Physical Stores, Luna.... Not only we help deliver the html that delights our customers, we make sure that all underlying transactions are processed error-free. This includes payments, tax, contracts, returns, inventory, and notifications; and brand new experiences that have never been done before.

In short, we perform cloud infrastructure management at scale.

We are a diverse international team made up of engineers, developers, administrators and managers. We are obsessed with operational quality, security, reducing cost, increasing availability and keeping the largest eCommerce infrastructure purring.

Our team has offices in Dublin, Seattle, New York, Sydney, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

We are looking for Systems Development Engineers who are inventive, understand operational excellence, and can work to scale.

A big part of our job is creating and updating strategic SRE tool-kit built on AWS technology. We use these tools across Amazon to deploy, monitor and operate the hundreds of thousands of services that power our highly distributed architecture. Our tools include orchestration, predictive analytics, monitoring, problem diagnosis and automated repair. These let us deploy configurations that intelligently manage how traffic flows through our highly distributed architecture to our delighted customers.

Key job responsibilities

As a System Development Engineer, you will:

1. Use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members
2. Create or have responsibility to improve or intent small tools or applications
3. Participate in team design, scoping, process, and prioritization discussions
4. Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
5. Invent, refine, and develop your solutions to ensure they are meeting customer needs and team goals
6. Develop an understanding of the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of your team’s infrastructure, including hardware platform, operating system, and build dependencies.
7. Provide assistance to the team with troubleshooting, researching the root cause, and thoroughly resolving defects in the event of a problem

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar
+2 years experience in software programming with at least one modern language
+2 years experience designing software/systems, implementing, maintaining and deploying components that solve problems in a complex ecosystem
Experience working with Linux systems
Experience with network fundamentals (including load balancers, switches, routers, etc.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Master's degree in Computer Science or similar
Detail/data-oriented
Strong written & verbal communication skills; ability to communicate effectively to both technical & non-technical individuals

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Posted: April 8, 2025 (Updated about 17 hours ago)