EC2 Core Platforms Engineer - Build Next-Gen Compute

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Systems Development Engineer for EC2 Core Platforms Engineering in Seattle. You will bridge hardware and software to launch compute platforms, ensure core fleet health at scale, and automate builds and validations.

You will work across Nitro firmware, OS, provisioning, and tooling, diagnosing failures and driving reliability improvements while delivering scalable automation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering 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.

Responsibilities

• Help bring up and validate new server platforms that host cloud compute instances, from early lab testing through production launch, working across firmware, operating systems, and hardware.
• Diagnose and reduce hardware and software failures across a large-scale server fleet, using a data‑driven, methodical approach to find root causes and drive fixes that improve reliability.
• Build software and automation that streamline how new platforms are introduced, reducing manual effort in provisioning, deployment, and validation so platforms reach production faster and with a high quality bar.
• Develop solutions to difficult problems that span firmware, operating systems, networking, and infrastructure.
• Improve the safety, agility, and automation of the build and launch process, and share what you learn with the team.

Skills

2+ years dev experience

System design

Sys admin exp

Programming languages: C++, Java, Py

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Systems Development Engineer for EC2 Core Platforms Engineering in Seattle. You will bridge hardware and software to launch compute platforms, ensure core fleet health at scale, and automate builds and validations.

You will work across Nitro firmware, OS, provisioning, and tooling, diagnosing failures and driving reliability improvements while delivering scalable automation.