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System Development Engineer III, AWS EC2

Santa Clara, California, United States💼 Full-time💰 $173,900–$235,200🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-03

Core

Building the foundation of cloud computing by developing and maintaining the operational health of the EC2 Nitro platform, including build & release systems and high-performance training/inference workloads.

Role type

Senior System Development Engineer (Infrastructure/DevOps)

Builds

EC2 Supercomputers, build & release systems, and operational tooling for the AWS EC2 Nitro platform

Domain

Cloud computing, high-performance computing, data center infrastructure

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Linux/Unix systems administration, system design and architecture, CI/CD automation, code quality and security practices, mentoring

Preferred skills

Full software/hardware/networks development life cycle knowledge, complex software or computing infrastructure delivery

Technologies

Linux/Unix, C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, CI/CD tools

Responsibilities

Develop tools to streamline operations and reduce operational load; improve test infrastructure and make CI/CD more robust; investigate and recommend best practices for code quality, fleet health, and security; mentor junior engineers and write documentation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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