Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Linux Core Engineering

Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Linux Core Engineering

Job ID: 2725802 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Come build the future of Linux at Amazon with the Amazon Linux Team!

If you are an experienced software engineer who is passionate about building the platform to support the world’s premier cloud computing environment, then this is the job for you.

The Amazon Linux team is responsible for the design and maintenance of all of Amazon's core compute platforms, with a special focus on EC2, the Elastic Compute Cloud that is the basis for much of Amazon Web Services (AWS). We're also responsible for tools associated with the performance characterization, qualification, build and deployment of our Linux platforms.

System Development Engineers work with technical leaders to refine technical direction, and then follow through with detailed analysis, designs, and code. They are equally comfortable leading small, focused project teams as well as making major direct contributions to the project. They deliver features, debug problems, maintain servers, and support customers, all with minimal direct oversight.

The baseline individual for this role will be comfortable with the Linux operating system and understand how to develop in languages such as C, C++, Python, and Ruby in a Linux environment. Experience with Linux package management, version control systems, automated build processes, and software unit testing are a must. An understanding of and experience in contributing to open source projects is a plus.

This team creates the very core of the cloud, and is directly responsible for radically changing and improving the way that people use computers - come help us make history!

Key job responsibilities

1. Automate tasks related to building and testing Amazon Linux at scale.
2. Maintain software packages distributed in Amazon Linux.
3. Troubleshoot issues reported by both internal and external customers.

A day in the life

You will learn how open-source software is packaged and delivered within a Linux operating system. From there, you will learn how OS updates are delivered to customers and what tooling they have access to. Knowing how teams migrate and enable new OS’s will guide you when making suggestions on improving the processes.

About the team

Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior engineers truly enjoy mentoring more junior engineers and engineers from non-traditional backgrounds through one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth. We try to assign projects and tasks based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
2. 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
3. Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
4. Experience troubleshooting in a Linux/Unix environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
2. Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
3. Contributions to upstream open source projects and/or communities.

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