Software Engineer, AI-Driven Data Center Tools

Socket.dev; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software powering AWS Data Center industrial controls. You will build scalable systems for data center devices and cloud services, and integrate AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

You will collaborate with hardware engineers, data center operations, and security specialists, mentoring junior engineers and driving secure, reliable architecture across global data

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 1+ years of Python experience

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex software systems powering AWS Data Center industrial controls.
• Design and build scalable software that runs both on data center devices and in the cloud services that manage them.
• Integrate AI‑powered development tools into daily workflows — using generative‑AI coding assistants for rapid prototyping, AI‑driven test generation for broader coverage, and ML‑based anomaly detection to proactively identify production issues
• Drive technical design decisions, author design documents, and lead code reviews with a focus on security, reliability, and operational excellence
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that leverage automated quality gates, intelligent deployment strategies, and AI‑assisted release validation
• Collaborate with product managers, hardware engineers, data center operations, and security specialists to translate requirements into production‑ready solutions
• Mentor junior engineers on software engineering best practices, including effective use of AI tools while maintaining code ownership and understanding
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies — particularly in AI/ML tooling, automation frameworks, and cloud‑native architectures — and advocate for their adoption where they raise the team’s quality and velocity
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational reviews, using data‑driven insights to improve system availability and reduce mean time to resolution

Skills

Python

Software development

Architectural design

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Rust

Git

Job description

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software powering AWS Data Center industrial controls. You will build scalable systems for data center devices and cloud services, and integrate AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

You will collaborate with hardware engineers, data center operations, and security specialists, mentoring junior engineers and driving secure, reliable architecture across global data