The Systems Development Engineer role at Amazon CloudFront focuses on building and developing new hardware and provisioning platforms while ensuring service reliability and efficiency. The team is dedicated to creating innovative solutions to complex operational challenges and operates at a massive scale with a global infrastructure. Members of the CloudFront team come from diverse backgrounds and are committed to enhancing customer experience through technology. This position requires hands-on technical skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems experience
• 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, and operating systems
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals including networking and storage
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
• Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

• Design, build, secure, implement, code, automate, deploy, and root-cause complex system issues across various types of Linux bare metal servers.
• Own the availability, security, and performance of everything from the operating system downwards, including hardware and firmware.
• Automate and scale the hardware lifecycle process to ensure efficiency and fault tolerance.
• Ensure servers are properly provisioned, patched, upgraded, and consistently in service.

• 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.