Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Cloud Computing

SystemDevelopmentEngineer,AWSMainstreamCompute

$129–175k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“System Development Engineer, AWS Mainstream Compute at Amazon Data Services, Inc.. Skills: Server hardware design, System development, Cloud infrastructure. Own and lead design and development of server. Collaborate with people across AWS”

What You'll Achieve.

Set standards on performance; Set standards on quality; Set standards on cost; Set standards on operational excellence; Deliver creative designs; Develop new designs; Develop unique solutions; Improve products' performance; Improve products' quality; Improve products' cost; Impact customer success; Drive development of the Cloud; Meaningful impact on Amazon's success

Industry & Context.

Cloud Computing
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years non-internship professional software development, 5+ years designing or architecting systems, 5+ years administrative experience networking, storage, OS, Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals, Experience programming modern language, Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent, Knowledge of engineering practices full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, Experience with test plan development, Experience building test bench infrastructure, Experience developing tests, Experience verifying design, 5+ years systems design, software development, operations, automation, process improvement

Nice to Have

Master's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

What You'll Do.

Own and lead design and development of server

Collaborate with people across AWS

Deliver highest standards for safety and security

Provide infinite capacity at lowest cost

Work closely with customers

Understand technical needs and business goals

Architect solutions deployed at scale

Work with interdisciplinary teams

Lead design and manufacturing partners

Bring servers to data center

Oversee fleet of servers

Monitor server quality

Monitor customer requirements

Solve complex problems

Decompose server system testability problems

Decompose server system reliability problems

Decompose server system diagnosis problems

Deliver straightforward tasks

components or features

Drive high quality into new designs

Drive reliability into new designs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Software engineers; Hardware engineers; Network engineers; Supply chain specialists; Security experts; Operations managers; Component engineers; Firmware engineers; Test engineers; Qualification engineers; Integration engineers; Design partners; Manufacturing partners; Product owners; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Technical communication

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering team creates compute and storage server designs for Amazon’s web services. Our engineers work with leading edge technologies, solve challenging problems, influence the industry’s roadmaps, and develop new and unique solutions that are ahead of the pack. We work in an environment that fosters innovation and creativity. We encourage and invest in new directions and new ideas that will serve our customers better. We sometimes fail, but we learn from such failures and we improve. It is because of the team and our constant focus on the customers, that we are able to develop creative and new designs that set the standards on performance, quality, cost, and operational excellence. What you will do: As a member of the Server Hardware Engineering team you will own and lead the design and development of server products utilizing a wide range of design and manufacturing partners. 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. You will work closely with our customers to understand their technical needs and business goals, leveraging your experience with server design and the knowledge of various teams to architect the solutions that we will deploy at scale. To deliver your products you will work with an interdisciplinary team of component, firmware, test, qualification, and integration engineers, and lead our design and manufacturing partners to bring these servers to the data center. After launch you will oversee the fleet of servers you develop, monitoring their quality and how they are meeting the customer requir

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