Systems Engineer II, Cloud WorkSpaces Apps

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a System Development Engineer II for WorkSpaces Applications in Seattle. You will design, build, and operate secure, scalable services with on-call responsibilities and customer-focused engineering across AWS infrastructure.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-team collaboration, mentorship of junior engineers, and alignment with Amazon’s LPs. Competitive compensation with comprehensive health, 401(k), and time-off benefits is included.

Qualifications

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

• Design, Develop, Deliver and Operate secure, reliable and scalable solutions for customer features as well as internal operational improvements.
• Maintain high standard by delivering high quality in your own work and push for a high bar in code, design and other document reviews for the team.
• Work across team boundaries and help deliver on team projects by showing ownership, earning trust and delivering results.
• Develop a deep understanding of the system and overall service, understand core customer usage patterns and workflows; participate in on-call and engage with customers and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate customer obsession in design, implementation, testing, deployments, operations.
• Develop communication skills and leverage written and verbal communication to earn trust and drive outcomes while collaborating with team mates.
• Be engaged in team meetings and processes and help drive improvements for efficiency.
• Mentor and role model for junior engineers by exemplifying and reinforcing the LPs daily.

Skills

Software development

System design

Systems engineering

Networking basics

Programming languages

Job description

Amazon is seeking a System Development Engineer II for WorkSpaces Applications in Seattle. You will design, build, and operate secure, scalable services with on-call responsibilities and customer-focused engineering across AWS infrastructure.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-team collaboration, mentorship of junior engineers, and alignment with Amazon’s LPs. Competitive compensation with comprehensive health, 401(k), and time-off benefits is included.