Amazon
Systems Development Engineer, EC2 Core Platforms Engineering
$129K–$175K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship software development; 1+ years designing or architecting systems; 7+ years of administrative and hands-on systems engineering experience.
About the job
Brings up and validates EC2 server platforms, improves reliability across the fleet, and builds automation for platform launches.
What you'll do
- Bring up and validate server platforms from lab testing through production launch across firmware, operating systems, and hardware.
- Diagnose fleet failures, find root causes, and drive reliability improvements.
- Build software and automation for provisioning, deployment, validation, and safer platform launches.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 1+ years of 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 such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of hardware platforms.
- Experience working with engineering and product teams to define a product and bring it to market.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Nitro firmware, operating systems, networking, storage systems, C++, C#, Java, Python
AI focus
Build AI-driven tooling to make platform launches faster, safer, and more repeatable.
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