Senior Cloud Hardware Performance Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a senior hardware performance leader to drive server hardware and software excellence.

You will tackle AWS’s hardest problems, delivering architecturally sound systems that meet business needs and scale with demand. You will collaborate with internal and external teams to design, validate, and launch high-quality solutions, while optimizing performance within thermal budgets and cost constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years identifying & root-causing HW/SW issues in large scale systems.
• 5+ year of experience with customer support for debugging CPU performance issues.
• 5+ years of experience in CPU/memory architecture and subsystem design.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering of server hardware and software to meet AWS business needs.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to design, develop, validate, launch, monitor and troubleshoot at scale.
• Align CPU/GPU roadmaps with suppliers to influence future architectures.
• Ensure servers operate within thermal budgets and deliver maximum performance.

Skills

CPU/memory architecture

System performance optimization

Root-cause analysis

Hardware/Software debugging

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related engineering

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a senior hardware performance leader to drive server hardware and software excellence.

You will tackle AWS’s hardest problems, delivering architecturally sound systems that meet business needs and scale with demand. You will collaborate with internal and external teams to design, validate, and launch high-quality solutions, while optimizing performance within thermal budgets and cost constraints.