Amazon Data Services, Inc.
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Sr Embedded SDE III, Hardware Engineering Services

Pay
$168,100 – $261,500 per year
Location
Austin, TX · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead / Staff
Listed
13 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • Embedded software development
  • Firmware development
  • Software validation

Also useful

  • Server firmware
  • Distributed software systems
  • Open source technologies
  • Hardware-software integration
  • Cloud infrastructure

About the role

Do you want to build the backbone of Generative AI cloud at AWS? Do you want to build the future of the cloud for AI training and inference? Want to do industry leading work delivering continuous price performance improvements in the cloud for AI model training for multi billion variable LLMs? Come Join us in designing, delivering and operating AWS cloud offerings that enable high performance and scalability in AI/ML and HPC workloads.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

The AWS Hardware Engineering team creates server designs for Amazon's innovative web services. Our designs are industry-leading in frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and millions of customers who use AWS today. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.

The AWS Firmware team drives system innovation in the servers used by all of Amazon Web Services, including EC2, S3, CloudFront, etc. Our engineers solve the hardest problems that fuse software, hardware, and the cloud. We take big bets on new concepts, enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry.

We are looking for an Embedded Software Development engineer to build and own the server related firmware. As an embedded software development engineer in this team, you will work with a team of world-class software developers who thrive on creating innovative, scalable solutions for real-world data center infrastructure problems. You will be part of development efforts to build, validate, and support firmware in diverse technology domains from embedded software to large-scale distributed software systems, using proprietary and open source technologies.

Why it matters

Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come. The scale of AWS, combined with an understanding of how our software and hardware is used, creates a unique opportunity for component customizations that will directly benefit our customers.

Why you will love it

You will work with engineers across the company to build software for the next-generation platform. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our developers. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work. You will see direct product improvements based on the results of your work.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities

  • Server Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software.
  • Embedded system development.
  • Scripting language development.
  • Data Center Operation Support.
  • Linux driver development.

A day in the life

As an experienced Senior Embedded Software Development engineer, you will build and own the server related firmware. As a Senior Engineer in this team, you will work with a team of world-class software developers who thrive on creating innovative, scalable solutions for real-world data center infrastructure problems. You will be part of development efforts to build, validate, and support firmware in diverse technology domains from embedded software to large-scale distributed software systems, using proprietary and open source technologies.

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
  • 5+ years of embedded firmware development experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
  • Knowledge of server hardware and components
  • Experience in cloud computing concepts
  • 5+ years Experience with BMC (baseboard management controller) development
  • Experiences with systems management protocols or standards such as I2C, MCTP, PLDM, Redfish, USB, SPDM, PCIe
  • Experiences with accelerated server design with GPUs

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

USA, CA, Cupertino - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

About the team

*Why AWS*

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

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