Amazon
Sr. System Dev Engineer, EC2 Core Platforms Engineering
$151K–$205K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years programming; 4+ years non-internship professional software development; 2+ years systems design or architecture; preferred: 1+ years programming or scripting.
About the job
Leads the launch, reliability, and automation of EC2 server platforms from lab validation through production, coordinating across hardware and software teams.
What you'll do
- Lead new server platform bring-up and validation through production launch.
- Use fleet data to identify root causes and drive lasting fixes that reduce hardware and software failures.
- Design and lead software and automation for provisioning, deployment, validation, and safer platform launches.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
- 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals, including networking, storage, and operating systems.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of development/programming/scripting experience with Python, Java, Bash, or Perl.
- Knowledge of hardware platforms and engineering practices across the software/hardware/networks development life cycle.
Pay
151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Bash
AI focus
Defines architecture for automation, including AI-driven tooling, to make platform launches faster, safer, and more repeatable.
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