Sr. Systems Development Engineer, AWS Managed Operations (MO) AWSOM Team

Sr. Systems Development Engineer, AWS Managed Operations (MO) AWSOM Team

Job ID: 3020817 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Do you love decomposing problems to develop products that impact millions of people around the world? Would you enjoy identifying, defining, and building software solutions that revolutionize how businesses operate? The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded in April 2023 with the objective to reduce operational load and toil through long‑term engineering projects. AWS MO is building the best‑in‑class engineering and operations team that will own the day‑to‑day operations for AWS Regions, improving the availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of those regions.

Key job responsibilities

Our engineers collaborate across diverse teams, projects, and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base. You’ll bring a passion for innovation, data, search, analytics, and distributed systems. You’ll also solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack.

A day in the life

You’ll roughly spend 50% of your time operating production systems and 50% making long‑term improvements to the reliability, availability, and performance of those systems. An example week could look like: Monday morning you root caused why some deployments recently failed, and in the afternoon you made fixes for those bugs. Tuesday you realized there’s actually a common thread to those bug fixes yesterday, and designed a solution to that class of problem and sought feedback from your team. Wednesday you investigated an SLO that recently became less useful, dove deep, and updated their infrastructure as code to fix it. Thursday and Friday you were developing software with your team on a system you designed which safely replaces the fleets in your team’s care with a more optimal hardware type, increasing performance while decreasing its carbon emissions.

About the team

AWS 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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• 5+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience
• 3+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
• 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
• Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• 6+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 4+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

Amazon is a total compensation company. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/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.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.