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Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Development
Amazon
Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Cupertino, CA, USA · Seattle, WA, USA · United States · Cupertino, CA, USA
Posted on Mar 7, 2025
DESCRIPTION
Come work on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Edge and Specialized Hardware test development and automation team. We are a team that owns, develops, and delivers the tools, and infrastructure enabling Edge, Outposts, Specialized Hardware, and Archival Storage platforms.
We are a small team within a big enterprise. This allows us to take risks and experiment, allows team members to flex their technical muscles and grow in their respective careers, and an unique opportunity to be part of the product's growth story.
AWS edge services deliver data processing, analysis, and storage close to your endpoints, allowing you to deploy APIs and tools to locations outside AWS data centers. Outposts is part of the broader AWS Infrastructure Services which owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who builds and keeps the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
To learn more about edge and outposts, you can visit:
https://aws.amazon.com/edge/ , https://aws.amazon.com/outposts.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities
You will be part of a team that solves systemic issues, drives changes back into development. You build mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate our infrastructure. As a member of the AWS Hardware engineering organization, you will work with other subject matter experts in compute, memory, storage technologies to develop and deliver the best customer experience in cloud computing.
We aim to hire engineers who will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and open environment, who aren't afraid to dive-deep to solve seemingly impossible challenges, who want to build rock solid never-fail, highly-secure hardware at world-class scale and who obsess over customers.
A day in the life
- Lead the Software Development effort to define and build software and enable tools, according our Software development best practices;
- Work across internal HWEng teams, to ensure we deliver on performance, reliability and operational health of our platforms.
- Work closely with internal customers to identify early any potential problems with on-boarding new servers into their ecosystem.
- Build, manage, and deploy software changes for rapid deployment to org-owned and customer-owned systems.
- Build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both test and production environments.
About the team
The team is comprised of Software Development Engineers and System Design Engineers, all with the common goal of delivering the best specialized server fleet possible to our customers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, Python, including object-oriented design
- Experience integrating software applications into automated environments
- Experience developing, deploying, and owning cloud applications
- Familiarity with AWS and EC2, with ideally hands on experience
- Ability to dive deep to analyze complex issues, solve problems, and automate repetitive tasks
- Experience in developing functional design specifications, validation plans and functional test procedures
- Excellent verbal and written communication, as well as documentation skills
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.