Amazon
Sr. Systems Development Engineer - Storage Systems Team, S3 Storage Systems Team
$151K–$205K
Denver, CO · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years programming; 4+ years non-internship software development; 2+ years systems design or architecture; 4+ years systems development in IT or data centers; 4+ years deploying and operating in Linux/Unix; 2+ years systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.
About the job
Leads development and operation of HDD storage systems, using analytics and software solutions to monitor drive health, prevent failures, and improve AWS storage servers.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain software services for data-pipeline analytics, health dispositions and remediations, qualification, validation, and testing.
- Manage HDD systems and use analytics, dashboards, automated testing, and software changes to monitor and improve drive health.
- Lead design, build, and deployment of reliable, scalable software solutions in production.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in 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 designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment and deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment.
Nice to have
- 6+ years of development/programming/scripting language experience (Python/Java/Bash/Perl).
- Knowledge of engineering practices across the software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, testing, certification, and livesite operations.
Pay
151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Linux/Unix
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