Amazon
System Development Engineer, Region Reliability Engineering
$129K–$175K
Bellevue, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years non-internship professional software development; 1+ years system design or architecture; 7+ years administrative and hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Leads engineering and operational improvements that automate reliability work, reduce toil, and improve AWS infrastructure resilience across U.S. regions.
What you'll do
- Designs and delivers technical solutions for complex operational and engineering problems, including architecture and post-incident reviews.
- Identifies and mitigates system risks, improves consistency across teams, and reduces operational complexity.
- Hires, trains, coaches, and develops engineers while influencing team technical strategy.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 1+ years designing or architecting systems experience.
- 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience; knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals.
- Experience programming with at least one modern language; currently active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above (the posting also requires maintaining TS/SCI with polygraph or commensurate clearance).
Nice to have
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology.
- Programming experience with a language listed in the preferred qualifications, including Rust.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Rust
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