Sr. System Development Engineer, Design Engineering

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We are seeking a Sr. Systems Development Engineer to develop transformative systems that will revolutionize facility design and deployment. Our technology portfolio includes computer vision solutions leveraging vision language models, autonomous robotics (ground and aerial), generative data analytics, and agentic workflow automation systems deployed across our global fulfillment network.

• Identify and implement strategic technical solutions of AI/ML systems, autonomous robotics, and quality automation solutions.
• Identify and develop internal tooling to assist with departmental efficiencies (AI tooling, Data analytics, agentic workflow assistants etc.).
• Contribute to product roadmaps and drive cross-functional execution priorities.
• Identify and analyze tradeoffs between software design alternatives, including impact on performance, schedule, cost, risk, complexity, and scalability.
• Write status and build reports for cross-functional leadership review.
• Mentor engineers and share best practices across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Set the example of what a highly skilled, proactive, creative software developer who is well versed in AI and is constantly looking for more efficient ways to work and pushing the boundaries of innovation looks like.

• 15% domestic travel.
• Leverage internal Amazon AI coding agents to rapidly prototype code experiments.
• Ability to code in SQL, Python or C/C++.
• Innovative design and implementation ideas for our material handling equipment and conveyor systems.
• Complex system testing, commissioning, verification, and validation.
• Designing and implementing systems and tools that enable high-quality launches of large Amazon fulfillment centers.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401(k) Plan.

• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience writing technical documents, project plans and progress reports to leadership and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Perl.
• 5+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience, or Bachelor's degree within last 12 months in computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of building complex software systems experience.
• Experience contributing to the definition and implementation of automation opportunities within an operations environment.

• 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/network development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations.
• Experience developing test strategies and plans for complex hardware/software systems or systems of systems.
• Experience in warehouse operations and logistics or equivalent.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science.
• Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps.
• Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders.
• Experience identifying and reviewing test plans, test cases and testing results with a strong QA background.
• Futuristic visionary who thrives on automating mundane tasks and thinking big.

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USA, TN, Nashville -  -  USD annually.

Posted: May 4, 2026 (Updated about 17 hours ago)