System Development Engineer, AWS Storage and Accelerator team

Amazon.com Inc

Cupertino, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
ARM (Advanced RISC Machine), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Automation, Automation Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Storage Hardware, Cross-Functional, Data Storage, Debugging Skills, Device Drivers, Distributed Computing, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Identify Issues, Infrastructure Software, Java, Kernel Programming, Linux Drivers, Linux Operating System, Machine Tool, Metrics, Microprocessor Architecture, Onboarding, Operating Systems, Production Systems, Programming Languages, Progress Reports, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Ruby, Sales Pipeline, Scalable System Development, Software Development, Storage Software, Systems Engineering, x86 Processors
LOCATION
Cupertino, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

We are seeking an experienced Systems Development Engineer to lead the development of automation software for our storage infrastructure. You will work across multiple teams and organizations to build scalable, reliable systems that power our distributed storage platform.

Key job responsibilities:

  • Lead the development of automation software across teams
  • Design and build scalable system-level software with focus on durability, availability, security, and diagnostics
  • Develop and maintain device drivers for Linux on ARM and x86 architectures
  • Debug and resolve Linux boot and runtime issues across different processor architectures
  • Build automation solutions using modern programming languages (Python, Ruby, Java, etc.)
  • Work with OS internals and storage subsystems in Linux-based environments
  • Collaborate with teams working on distributed storage systems and storage hardware
  • Troubleshoot complex system-level issues in production environments
  • Help design servers, make them more robust

A day in the life Lead the Hardware Engineering (HWEng) System Development (SysDE) effort to define and build software and enabling tools; track and report progress. Work across internal HWEng teams, to ensure new storage hardware addresses data path and control path functionality needed by the EC2, EBS, and S3 teams. Work closely with internal customers to identify early any potential problems with on-boarding new storage servers into their ecosystem. Build, manage, and deploy pipelines for rapid deployment of new code changes to a variety of org-owned and customer-owned systems. Build monitoring tools and metrics to ensure hardware is running properly in both lab and production environments.

About the team System Development Engineers in AWS Hardware Engineering wear many hats. From orchestration tooling development, to hardware integration, to kernel driver debugging, we dive deep into problems across the breadth of AWS. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of rapidly coming up to speed on new engineering disciplines, making impactful decisions within that space, and have experience gluing together components written by more specialized engineers to create a cohesive, well-running engineering product.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles