System Development Engineer, Aws Storage And Accelerator Team

Amazon; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to lead automation software for its storage infrastructure and to develop Linux device drivers for ARM and x86 architectures. You will work across multiple teams to build scalable, reliable systems powering AWS storage platforms.

The role emphasizes durability, security, and diagnostics, with responsibilities spanning design, debugging, and collaboration with distributed storage teams.

Qualifications

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

• Lead the development of automation software across teams.
• Design and build scalable system‑level software focused on durability, availability, security, and diagnostics.
• Develop and maintain device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86 architectures.
• Debug and resolve Linux boot and runtime issues across different processor architectures.
• Build automation solutions using modern programming languages (Python, Ruby, Java, etc.).
• Work with OS internals and storage subsystems in Linux‑based environments.
• Collaborate with teams working on distributed storage systems and storage hardware.
• Triage and troubleshoot complex system‑level issues in production environments.
• Help design servers to improve robustness.

Skills

Systems engineering

Python

C++

Linux

Ruby

Java

Tools

Linux tools

ARM/x86 drivers

Job description

System Development Engineer, AWS Storage and Accelerator team

We are seeking an experienced Systems Development Engineer to lead the development of automation software for our storage infrastructure. You will work across multiple teams and organizations to build scalable, reliable systems that power our distributed storage platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of automation software across teams.
• Design and build scalable system‑level software focused on durability, availability, security, and diagnostics.
• Develop and maintain device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86 architectures.
• Debug and resolve Linux boot and runtime issues across different processor architectures.
• Build automation solutions using modern programming languages (Python, Ruby, Java, etc.).
• Work with OS internals and storage subsystems in Linux‑based environments.
• Collaborate with teams working on distributed storage systems and storage hardware.
• Triage and troubleshoot complex system‑level issues in production environments.
• Help design servers to improve robustness.

A day in the life: Lead the Hardware Engineering (HWEng) System Development (SysDE) effort to define and build software and enabling tools; track and report progress. Work across internal HWEng teams to ensure new storage hardware addresses data path and control path functionality needed by the EC2, EBS, and S3 teams. Work closely with internal customers to identify early potential problems with onboarding new storage servers into their ecosystem. Build, manage, and deploy pipelines for rapid deployment of new code changes to a variety of org‑owned and customer‑owned systems. Build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both lab and production environments.

About the Team

System Development Engineers in AWS Hardware Engineering wear many hats. From orchestration tooling development, to hardware integration, to kernel driver debugging, we dive deep into problems across the breadth of AWS. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of rapidly coming up to speed on new engineering disciplines, making impactful decisions within that space, and gluing together components written by more specialized engineers to create a cohesive, well‑running product.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java.
• Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance with optional supplemental plans), EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.