GenAI-Powered Systems Development Engineer II

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Systems Development Engineer to join the Managed Operations organization in Herndon, VA.

You will balance day-to-day production operations with long-term software engineering to reduce operational toil and improve reliability, performance, and efficiency across AWS regions. The role emphasizes learning, GenAI-powered acceleration, and collaboration with diverse teams to build scalable infrastructure and tooling, while upholding security and operational

Qualifications

• 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Generative AI technologies

Responsibilities

• Build solutions to innovate our solutions to agentic-first interfaces
• Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack
• Define system requirements, participate in the development and delivery of operability-related features such as system health monitoring, diagnostics, repair, and other self-healing automation
• Develop or further existing application and system management tools and processes that reduce manual efforts and increase overall efficiency

Skills

Python

Ruby

Golang

Java

C++

C#

Rust

Linux/Unix

CI/CD

Generative AI

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Systems Development Engineer to join the Managed Operations organization in Herndon, VA.

You will balance day-to-day production operations with long-term software engineering to reduce operational toil and improve reliability, performance, and efficiency across AWS regions. The role emphasizes learning, GenAI-powered acceleration, and collaboration with diverse teams to build scalable infrastructure and tooling, while upholding security and operational