Amazon
Senior System Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team
$174K–$235K
SANTA CLARA, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Location
- SANTA CLARA, CA
Santa Clara, CA - Experience
- 3+ years programming; 5+ years non-internship professional software development; 3+ years systems design or architecture; 4+ years systems development in an IT or data center environment; 4+ years Linux/Unix deployment and operations; 3+ years systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.
About the job
Develop and operate infrastructure, tools, and release systems for AWS EC2 machine-learning platforms and supercomputers, improving reliability, scalability, security, and developer productivity.
What you'll do
- Build operational tools and improve automation, testing infrastructure, and CI/CD systems.
- Investigate and recommend practices for code quality, fleet health, security, and service reliability.
- Mentor junior engineers and document systems, tools, and best practices.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 3+ years designing or architecting systems, and 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment.
- 4+ years deploying and operating in Linux/Unix; experience leading production deployment of complex, performant software solutions.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of development/programming/scripting experience with Python, Java, Bash, or Perl.
- Knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life-cycle practices; experience leading complex software or computing infrastructure delivered to customers.
Pay
USD 173,900.00 - 235,200.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Linux/Unix
AI focus
Supports development of EC2 machine-learning platforms and supercomputers optimized for high-performance training and inference workloads; no direct AI model development duties are stated.
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