Systems Development Engineer, Tech SC Product & Portfolio Engineering
Amazon · Austin, TX · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-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 $129,200–$174,800 per year.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Department
- Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
- Posted
- Apr 13, 2026
More roles at Amazon
Job description
from Amazon careersReady to solve challenging problems at global scale? Join Amazon's Tech Supply Chain team as a Systems Development Engineer to build innovative Gen-AI powered solutions for critical supply chain systems problems. Design and implement scalable, distributed systems supporting Amazon's global supply chain operations. Write high-quality, production-ready code for unified platforms consolidating multiple ordering channels, real-time validation services, and workflow automation systems. Build data ingestion engines, financial tracking services, and role-based access control frameworks. Own end-to-end system design—from defining APIs and data models to selecting appropriate AWS services and ensuring operational excellence. Contribute to technical decisions balancing system reliability, performance, and feature velocity while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Key job responsibilities System Design Development - Design and build distributed micro-services handling millions of transactions daily with 99.99% uptime SLAs - Develop and implement unified platforms consolidating legacy systems into single customer interfaces - Write production-ready code for real-time validation services with sub-second response times - Build scalable data ingestion engines supporting multiple formats with guardrail-based validation - Implement workflow automation systems with configurable approval routing and SLA tracking - Optimize database queries and caching strategies ensuring sub-100ms response times for critical paths - Develop event-driven solutions using AWS services (Lambda, API…