Sr. Systems Development Engineer, RDPI SC Product & Portfolio Engineering
Amazon · Austin, TX · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, Go, Rust. Compensation is listed at $151,200–$204,600 per year.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Department
- Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
- Posted
- Mar 24, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersReady to solve challenging problems at global scale? Join Amazon's OTS Supply Chain team as a Sr Systems Development Engineer to transform technology infrastructure through innovative Gen-AI powered solutions to critical supply chain systems problems. Build scalable, distributed systems supporting Amazon's global supply chain operations. Architect unified platforms consolidating multiple ordering channels, implement real-time validation services, and develop workflow automation systems. Design data ingestion engines, financial tracking services, and role-based access control frameworks. Drive technical decisions balancing system reliability, performance, and feature velocity while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Key job responsibilities System Architecture Development - Architect and build distributed micro-services handling millions of transactions daily with 99.99% uptime SLAs - Design unified platforms consolidating legacy systems into single customer interfaces - Implement real-time validation services with sub-second response times - Develop scalable data ingestion engines supporting multiple formats with guardrail-based validation - Build workflow automation systems with configurable approval routing and SLA tracking - Optimize database queries and caching strategies ensuring sub-100ms response times for critical paths - Design event-driven architectures using AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS) Technical Leadership - Drive architectural decisions for platform components and integration patterns - Mentor engineers through…