AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain, and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
SysDE (System Development Engineer):
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering team creates compute, storage, accelerator, and enterprise servers for Amazon’s innovative web services. We are seeking an experienced HW SysDE who collaborates with Server Hardware Engineers and completes the system design and software/script development work required to build next-generation servers and HW components. Our designs are industry-leading in performance, frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the more than one million customers who use AWS today. Our Hardware SysDE’s solve challenging technology problems, and builds architecturally sound, high-quality servers and components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies. Our success depends on our highly respected server infrastructure; we’re handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies.
What you will do: As a member of the Edge and Specialized Hardware team, you’ll be responsible for the integration of hardware/software components to build our servers, working with service teams to define products, and supporting operations in all the locations we have servers. You will interact with engineers across the company and work with an interdisciplinary team to execute product designs from concept to production including design, development, validation, and the deployment of servers at scale.
You will solve design challenges across many disciplines including server firmware/software, integration into our software service control plane, manufacturing, and operations. You will deliver test plan coverage criteria, and monitoring plans used to build our servers and components. You will work closely with internal teams to prototype concept designs, bring up systems, and ensure our designs are of the highest quality. You will use high judgement to solve problems individually or guide others when help is needed.
This is a fast-paced, challenging position, and you’ll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your products performance, quality and cost. We’re changing an industry, and we want team members who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
Why it matters: Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come. The scale of AWS, combined with an understanding of how our hardware is used, creates a unique opportunity for hardware customizations that will directly benefit AWS customers.
Why you will love it: You will work directly with engineers across the company to build next-generation hardware. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our customers. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work.
Key job responsibilities
As HW SysDE you will be part of a team that solves systemic issues, drives changes back into development, and builds mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate our infrastructure. As a member of the AWS Hardware team, you will work with other subject matter experts in compute, memory, storage technologies to develop and deliver the best customer experience in cloud computing.
We aim to hire engineers who will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and open environment, who aren't afraid to dive-deep to solve seemingly impossible challenges, who want to build rock solid never-fail, highly-secure hardware at world-class scale and who obsess over customers.
A day in the life
Your day to day responsibilities will include leading the Hardware Engineering (HWEng) System Development (SysDE) effort to define and build software and enabling tools, according to defined HWEng Software development best practices. You will be responsible for solving operational challenges to our existing fleet with the goal of improving the current customer experience as well as developing improved systems for future designs. You will interface with internal HWEng teams to ensure chosen HW and FW delivers performance, reliability, and operational health needed by the EC2 Specialized Platforms and Servers. You will build, manage, and deploy pipelines for rapid deployment of new code changes to EC2 Specialized Platforms and Servers. You will build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both test and production environments.
About the team
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
