Senior Platform Engineer, Global Manufacturing Infra

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 173,900 - 235,200; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Cupertino focuses on building and operating scalable platform software to ensure healthy hardware for AWS services. The team owns server and rack verification, firmware deployment, and networking across contract manufacturers, driving reliability at scale.

We expect deep Linux and networking troubleshooting expertise, plus hands-on design of automation and monitoring. This role demands autonomous problem solving and the ability to work across sites to improve availability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Deep expertise in Linux OS and network troubleshooting, including managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications in distributed, multi-site environments
• Experience leading enterprise scale infrastructure or development-based cloud programs/projects, including defining technical direction and driving adoption across teams
• Experience designing and implementing automation frameworks at scale using Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell, or equivalent
• 5+ years of systems engineering, network engineering, or SRE experience, including ownership of reliability strategy for distributed infrastructure
• Advanced networking: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls, network segmentation, including network architecture design for multi-site environments
• Deep knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems, firewalls) with experience setting standards for distributed environments
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving technical decisions across team boundaries

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability of manufacturing networking, systems, and platform infrastructure across AWS manufacturing partner sites globally
• Develop infrastructure-as-code to stand up and manage distributed manufacturing services at new and existing sites
• Build monitoring, alerting, and anomaly detection systems that identify infrastructure failures before they impact manufacturing throughput
• Develop troubleshooting tools and runbooks that enable rapid diagnosis and resolution of site infrastructure issues
• Consult with ODM/CM IT teams on network design and infrastructure standards, working across organizational boundaries where partners don’t report to AWS
• Drive site expansion readiness, ensuring new manufacturing sites are infrastructure-ready within target onboarding timelines
• Implement security and operational best practices for manufacturing environments, including credential management, network segmentation, and access controls
• Contribute to architecture decisions for manufacturing platform evolution
• Develop and build systems that enables operating manufacturing infrastrcure operation at scale

Skills

C++

C#

Java

Python

Golang

PowerShell

Ruby

Tools

Linux OS

Networking

Automation Frameworks

Prometheus/Grafana

CloudWatch

Job description

Amazon in Cupertino focuses on building and operating scalable platform software to ensure healthy hardware for AWS services. The team owns server and rack verification, firmware deployment, and networking across contract manufacturers, driving reliability at scale.

We expect deep Linux and networking troubleshooting expertise, plus hands-on design of automation and monitoring. This role demands autonomous problem solving and the ability to work across sites to improve availability.