Amazon Sr System Development Engineer Hardware Engineering 

United States, California, Cupertino 

462034170

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.
What you will do: You will be a member of the HWEng Storage Drives team and will interact with engineers across the company to lead and develop automation and infrastructure capabilities to improve OEM drive operational health, qualification and integration across all of AWS storage server platforms. Key Responsibilities for this position include authoring requirements specifications, system design, and development, all while testing at each phase. There are two main areas of focus for this position: software test development and integration to enable storage hardware, and system debugging for production hosts.Why it matters: Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come. The scale of AWS, combined with an understanding of how our hardware is used, creates a unique opportunity for component customization that will directly benefit customers.Why you will love it: You will work with engineers across the company to build next-generation storage servers. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our developers. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work. You will see direct product improvements based on the results of your work.Key job responsibilities- Must have experience designing and building system-level software at scale, with an emphasis on durability, availability, security, and diagnostics.
- Must have a strong understanding of OS internals, most notably storage subsystems in a Linux-based environment.
- Must have demonstrated experience with building and troubleshooting device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86.
- Must have demonstrated experience debugging Linux boot and runtime problems on ARM and x86.
- Must have demonstrated experience developing tools to perform testing running on Linux-based systems
- Must have experience hands on development of automation software in at least one modern language, such as Python, Ruby, Java, or others.
- Desirable to have an understanding of AWS services, specifically, distributed storage systems and use of storage hardware
- Desirable to have an understanding of drive (HDD, SSD) technologyA day in the lifeAmazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- 6+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
- Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production

- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- 10+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment with experience in debugging driver issues and developing tools
- 10+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience