Amazon
Systems Development Engineer , AWS EC2 Nitro Team
$149K–$201K
SANTA CLARA, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Location
- SANTA CLARA, CA
Santa Clara, CA - Experience
- 2+ years in software development; 2+ years in systems design or architecture; 7+ years in administration and hands-on systems engineering.
About the job
Develop and operate infrastructure, tools, and release systems for AWS EC2 machine-learning platforms, supporting service health, reliability, and developer productivity at scale.
What you'll do
- Build operational tools and improve automation, testing infrastructure, and CI/CD.
- Investigate and recommend practices for code quality, fleet health, security, and service reliability.
- Mentor junior engineers and document systems and tools for other teams.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering.
- Systems engineering fundamentals and programming experience in at least one modern language.
Nice to have
- PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java experience.
- Agile Scrum experience or experience automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
Pay
USD 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
AI focus
Supports development of EC2 machine-learning platforms for high-performance training and inference workloads; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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