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To meet the growing demand for AWS Services around the globe, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. We are looking for a dynamic, innovative Systems Development Engineer to build and automate infrastructure systems supporting AWS's global region expansion. You will develop scalable solutions that accelerate and improve the reliability of new AWS region launches worldwide.\nYou will work closely with Technical Program Managers, Service Teams, Infrastructure, Networking, and Business Development to design and deliver scalable systems for AWS regions. You will collaborate with Product Teams to design solutions that optimize resource utilization and technology implementation. You will assess risks, anticipate issues, overcome technical obstacles, make difficult trade-off decisions, and balance business needs and technical constraints.\nSuccessful candidates will have a strong background in object-oriented languages, automation tooling, and agentic generative AI. 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Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.\nOur team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life-both in and outside of work.\nBy working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.\nAbout the team\nWhy AWS\nAmazon 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.\nAWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)\nAWS 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.\nInclusive Team Culture\nHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.\nWork/Life Balance\nWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.\nMentorship and Career Growth\nWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.\nDiverse Experiences\nAmazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.\nBasic qualifications\n- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)\n- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\n- 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience\n- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)\n- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby\nPreferred qualifications\n- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java\n- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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