Amazon Prime Air is looking for an experienced System Development Engineer to lead the development of features and infrastructure for their drone software simulator. This role involves designing, building, and operating services that support software development and testing. The ideal candidate will work closely with a team of engineers and scientists, driving innovation and solving complex problems. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced and iterative environment.

• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, TypeScript, or Ruby
• Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
• Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems
• Experience building services using AWS products
• Experience with distributed systems at scale
• Experience building tools for building, testing, releasing or monitoring

• Design, build, and operate scalable AWS-based services and infrastructure that support software development and testing across Prime Air.
• Develop and improve simulation orchestration and workflow systems used by engineering teams across the organization.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tooling.
• Develop and maintain tooling that supports verification, certification, and simulation-based testing campaigns.
• Work closely with engineers across Prime Air who use software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop simulation to develop, test, and certify drone software.
• Participate in on-call rotations and use operational metrics to drive service reliability and continuous improvement.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews for new services and simulation platform features.
• Influence the team's technical strategy by identifying opportunities to improve reliability, customer experience, and operational efficiency.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.