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Senior System Development Engineer, Emerging Device Software

Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/22/2026

Description

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development group that designs and develops high-profile consumer electronics devices. Emerging Device Software team is working on next generation of devices in smart eyewear and wearable categories. We are looking for System Development Engineer who can design and implement scalable build and release infrastructure. This role is specially for engineers who have extensive experience in DevOps.


Key job responsibilities
What you'll be working on,
* This engineer will lead the design and implementation of new tools, pipelines and automation, will work with developers, system architects, hardware engineers.
* Driving your own projects, from design through planning to execution. Also work with teams across Amazon on cross-team initiatives.
* Planning and coordinating feature improvements and upgrades around services.
* Analyzing and improving availability, efficiency, capacity, scalability, security and performance of our services.
* Representing Systems while working with internal teams and external partners.
* Troubleshooting and resolving problems with production systems as part of our on-call rotation.
* Developing and maintaining tools.
* Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the software release process.


A day in the life
As a Senior System Development Engineer, you will design and develop tools needed to automate build and release infrastructure. You will manage the infrastructure for high availability, monitor security and compliance.


About the team
Emerging Device Software team owns all the components and infrastructure of next generation of products. The team is responsible for defining architecture, design and implementation of next generation of products. The team develops embedded software using programming languages like C, C on both Linux/Android and RTOS based systems. Team also maintains build and release infrastructure. The team uses automated build and release system using both amazon internal and industry standard tools.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure
- Experience with Linux/Unix

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.



USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 173,900.00 - 235,200.00 USD annually

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