Sr. System Development Engineer, HWEng Acceletor Systems

Overview

AWS Hardware Engineering seeks a Senior System Development Engineer to lead accelerator server and rack system development, solving complex architectural problems while debugging hardware, software, and network issues across NPI and fleet operations. You will build automation to manage and improve large-scale infrastructure, focusing on operational excellence, reliability, and efficiency at the intersection of hardware, software, networking, and cloud services. This role involves creating tools, monitoring systems, troubleshooting complex issues, and driving human-free operations.

You will proactively identify deficiencies before customer impact and develop tests that enhance quality while reducing execution time. You will decompose large-scale system challenges in testability, reliability, and diagnostics into actionable components, delivering solutions through both hands-on execution and leadership.

• Lead technical solutions for complex accelerator server and rack system architectural challenges
• Own end-to-end system reliability, proactively identifying and resolving deficiencies before customer impact
• Write code and implement solutions to address system-level issues at large scale
• Decompose complex server system problems (testability, reliability, diagnostics) into deliverable tasks and features
• Lead cross-functional delivery of system improvements through direct execution and team coordination
• Apply expertise across hardware, software, system design, x86 architecture, processes, and operations
• Drive system scalability and performance optimization for accelerator workloads
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to ensure robust system integration
• Develop and implement diagnostic tools and monitoring solutions for production systems
• Debug complex system failures in time sensitive settings

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

• 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, Power Shell, Ruby
• 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant software solutions in production
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, effective communication, and experience troubleshooting technical systems or working with customers
• 4+ years of site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, Dev Ops, security administration, or network administration experience
• Experience leading and influencing your team or organization, or as a mentor or tech lead
• Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database administration, and cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of programming or scripting languages (C/C++/C#, Node.js, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby)
• 5+ years of system development experience with server hardware and software integration
• Deep understanding of x86 architecture, server hardware, and system-level debugging
• Experience with accelerator technologies (GPUs, AI/ML hardware) and/or storage systems and/or high-performance computing systems
• 6+ years of development/programming/scripting language experience (Python/Java/Bash/Perl)
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure delivered to customers

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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