System Development Engineer, AWS Storage and Accelerator team
Amazon · Cupertino, CA · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Cupertino, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, Go, C# and roughly 2+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $148,700–$201,200 per year.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Cupertino, CA
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Department
- Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
- Posted
- Jan 5, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersWe 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…