Drimva

Amazon

Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS)

$151K–$235K

Santa Clara, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 14, 2026

Location
Santa Clara, CA
Seattle, WA
Experience
6+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems experience.
Education
Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor of Arts degree

About the job

Build and operate capabilities for Amazon Elastic VMware Service, enabling customers to run VMware-based workloads on AWS at scale.

What you'll do

  • Define, architect, develop, review, and operate service capabilities in collaboration with engineering and business partners; engage customers to understand their needs.
  • Automate software deployments and operations, and lead performance testing or benchmarking of AWS infrastructure for VMware workloads.
  • Design and implement software-defined networking solutions, including virtual switches and overlay networks.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree or Bachelor of Arts degree.
  • 6+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java.
  • Hands-on deep technical experience with VMware technologies, including ESXi, vSAN, NSX, and VCF.

Nice to have

  • Experience with distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong networking knowledge, including software-defined networking, BGP, BFD, IP routing, and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols.

Pay

173,900.00 - 235,200.00 USD annually (base salary); 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

VMware, VCF, ESXi, vSAN, NSX, Bash, Python, PowerShell

Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative

First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)