System Development Engineer II, AWS ECNitro

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Join the AWS EC2 Nitro team building the foundation of cloud computing at unprecedented scale. The EC2 Nitro platform powers the world’s largest, fastest-growing, and most feature-rich cloud computing environment. Designed by AWS from the ground up, Nitro leverages a fully customized stack of hardware, firmware, and software to deliver unparalleled virtualization at a global scale. Within the EC2 Nitro organization, the team is tasked with developing the next generation of EC2 Supercomputers, optimized for high-performance training and inference workloads.

We are looking for an experienced System development engineer to drive development for new EC2 machine learning platforms. In this role, the engineer will work with a broad and deep group of technical teams that develop hardware, firmware, systems and application software etc. As System Development Engineer in this team, you will be responsible for maintaining the operational health of the service, maintaining build & release systems, and ensuring maximum up-time for our developers and customers.

Our service runs at scale worldwide and as a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with developers to ship code often, and see the impact your code has on a wide range of customers from startups to enterprise companies. You will work alongside truly innovative engineers and leaders who obsess about performance, availability, scalability and durability of customer data.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing tools to streamline operations as we scale to reduce operational load and improve our overall operational posture. Influencing & driving operational excellence and best practices within the organization.
• Identifying ways to increase the automate and improve our test infrastructure and make our CI/CD more robust and flexible
• Playing a key role in investigating and recommending best practices for maintaining and improving code quality, fleet health, and security & reliability of our service.
• Growing our talent through actively mentoring junior engineers, improving their skills, their knowledge of our systems, and their ability to get things done. Sharing your knowledge with wider teams and writing clear and concise documentation to allow other engineers to get the most out of the service and tools.

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Our team is focused on building and operating reliable, scalable systems that directly support Amazon's customers. We value collaboration, continuous improvement, and a shared commitment to operational excellence. As we look ahead, we are investing in automation, resilience, and simplifying our architecture so we can move faster with higher quality. You will join a group that encourages learning, welcomes new perspectives, and believes that making our systems better is how we make our customers' experiences better.

• 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
• 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals…