Amazon
Sr. System Development Engineer, AWS Mainstream Compute
$151K–$235K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Cupertino, CA - Experience
- 5+ years across several specified areas; 6+ years of development/programming/scripting experience is preferred.
About the job
Leads engineering teams developing, integrating, testing, and operating automation and validation systems for AWS compute and bare-metal server infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Lead complex platform architecture and manage software and systems engineers delivering and validating products at scale.
- Oversee system integration, subsystem testing tools, standardized tests, telemetry, and fleet monitoring and performance improvements.
- Coordinate with internal engineering teams and vendors through server design, testing, launch, and operations.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of programming experience in at least one modern language, such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of systems design or architecture experience, including reliability and scaling.
- 5+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment and 5+ years deploying and operating in Linux/Unix.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life-cycle engineering practices.
- Experience leading delivery of complex software or computing infrastructure; 6+ years of development/programming/scripting experience is also preferred.
Pay
USD 173,900.00 - 235,200.00 annually (base salary); USD 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Linux/Unix
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