Amazon
Systems Development Engineer, Platform Engineering and Emerging Technologies (PEET)
$129K–$175K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted May 7, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 1+ years designing or architecting systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Deploys and operates AWS Systems Manager services in air-gapped government cloud regions, troubleshooting and improving mission-critical platform systems.
What you'll do
- Troubleshoot production software issues, develop monitoring solutions, and perform software maintenance and configuration.
- Implement fixes in internally developed code and work with development teams to update and enhance software.
- Automate support processes, document systems, and track and resolve technical challenges.
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 of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems.
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals and programming experience in at least one modern language; current active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above.
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed systems at scale.
- Experience with Linux/Unix.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS Systems Manager (SSM), Perl, Ruby, C/C++, JAVA, Python, C#, Golang
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