Systems Development Engineer II — Serverless Cloud Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs and stock-based compensation

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Denver, CO is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to join the AWS Dedicated Cloud team.

The role focuses on building automation, CI/CD tooling for Lambda and container services in air-gapped environments, with emphasis on reliability and scalability. Candidates must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance, possess a Bachelor's degree or CSSLP, and have 2+ years of professional software development experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or CSSLP required.
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 1+ years designing or architecting systems for reliability and scaling.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby.
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems).
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building automation, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines that enable safe, continuous delivery of AWS Lambda and container services into isolated cloud environments.
• Identifying and eliminating operational toil through software: replacing manual processes with self-service tools, automated remediation, and scalable infrastructure.
• Diving deep into service inter-dependencies and region-specific configurations to find root causes and drive permanent resolutions through code.
• Proactively identifying and resolving system variances that could affect major services globally, before they impact customers.
• Building and maintaining monitoring, alerting, and observability systems that ensure fault tolerance across distributed serverless and container infrastructure.
• Collaborating with commercial service teams to understand architecture changes and implement ADC-specific adaptations.

Skills

C++

C#

Java

Python

Golang

PowerShell

Ruby

Education

Bachelor's degree or CSSLP

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Denver, CO is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to join the AWS Dedicated Cloud team.

The role focuses on building automation, CI/CD tooling for Lambda and container services in air-gapped environments, with emphasis on reliability and scalability. Candidates must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance, possess a Bachelor's degree or CSSLP, and have 2+ years of professional software development experience.