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Systems Development Engineer, GPU & AI Accelerator Servers, AWS Hardware Engineering

Pay: $129,200 – $201,200 per year
Location: Cupertino, CA
Listed: 3 days ago

Application deadline: Nov 10, 2026

Do you want to build the infrastructure that keeps Artificial Intelligence compute capacity available to Generative AI customers? Do you want to solve problems at the boundary between physical hardware and software - at cloud scale?

AWS Hardware Engineering is looking for a Systems Development Engineer to own the health and development of server platforms at worldwide fleet scale. You will develop automation, analyze hardware telemetry across tens of thousands of hosts, and build tooling that directly determines whether capacity is available to customers. Your work spans the full stack - from hardware monitoring interfaces, to health diagnostics up through fleet-wide data pipelines and operational dashboards.

Key job responsibilities

Fleet Health & Data Analysis

Analyze hardware failure patterns using fleet telemetry, system event logs, and datacenter tooling to identify root causes and quantify customer impact
Contribute to predictive failure detection using sensor data, error trending, and log correlation
Build and maintain operational dashboards and metrics for platform fleet health.
Build tooling to track component lifecycle (firmware versions, part revisions, supply chain status) across large-scale fleets

Systems Development & Automation

Develop and maintain automation for hardware test, firmware qualification, and capacity recovery workflows
Develop diagnostic tools for Linux on ARM and x86 architectures
Debug and resolve Linux boot and runtime issues across processor architectures - PCIe, Power, NIC, NVMe, and GPU subsystems
Build automation solutions using Python, Java, or similar languages with focus on scalability and operational durability

Cross-Team Collaboration

Collaborate with software, hardware, manufacturing, networking, and vendor teams to validate and qualify new compute solutions
Troubleshoot complex system-level issues in production environments, correlating across firmware, operating systems, drivers, and physical layers
Participate in sprint-based planning and oncall rotation for platform-level escalations

A day in the life

Some days you are deep in system event logs chasing a failure pattern across thousands of hosts; other days you are writing automation that eliminates a manual triage workflow entirely. You work with hardware engineers, firmware teams, datacenter operations, and vendor partners - driving quality and reliability from manufacturing through steady-state operations. Located in Cupertino, Seattle, or Denver, you work with global development teams on servers deployed in datacenters worldwide.

Basic Qualifications

2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

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 - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
USA, CO, Denver - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

About the team

AWS Hardware Engineering designs and delivers next-generation cloud infrastructure - the servers, accelerators, and storage platforms that power AWS. Our team builds custom systems for AI training, inference, and compute workloads at global scale. We are directly responsible for launching and maintaining server hardware in the fleet, working across internal development teams, and design partners.

We value work-life harmony, inclusive culture, and continuous learning. Even if you do not meet all preferred qualifications listed below, we encourage you to apply.

Equal opportunity and legal notices

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Read the original posting

From Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.'s careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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