About this role

Amazon is hiring a mid-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in North Reading, MA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, CI/CD, Linux, Distributed Systems.

Role: Systems Engineer
Function: operations
Level: mid
Track: Individual contributor
Employment: Full-time
Location: North Reading, MA
Department: Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
Posted: Jun 28, 2026

Job description

from Amazon careers

Blink is looking for an experienced System Development Engineer to join our growing Cloud Development Team. Blink has a mission to make neighborhoods safer. With affordable solutions that work on any home, Blink is committed to offering smart security that’s accessible to everyone. Blink is part of the Amazon Devices family, and we are seeking System Development Engineers who will help us create the next generation of home security. What will you help us create?

As a System Development Engineer at Blink, you will be responsible for business critical large-scale cloud services that will be used by millions of Blink customers. This position gives you the opportunity to work with world-class engineers and to build cloud systems to support millions of devices. The role will entail development of new cloud services for innovative new capabilities on Blink security devices and continuing development of the Blink infrastructure within the larger Amazon ecosystem. You will work with streaming video, event handling, large scale deployments and high-performance computing, as well as solve distributed systems problems. This position involves design, architecture, development and operations of large-scale cloud systems.

We are looking for a talented System Development Engineer with a strong technical background, customer obsession, and extensive experience building distributed systems. Strong judgment and communication skills, long-term technical vision, and continuous focus on engineering and operational excellence are essential for success.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience building services using AWS products
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Knowledge of database systems and SQL

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