System Development Engineer, Amazon Linux

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
- Experience working on GNU/Linux distributions, including deployment automation

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If you are passionate about maintaining a secure and stable Linux distribution that powers EC2, there may be no better place than Amazon for you to impact the world! We are looking for engineers that want to build solutions to challenging problems that directly reach millions of people.

We are looking for a Systems Development Engineer to work on the user space layer of Amazon EC2 virtualization stack, and the rpm based Amazon Linux distribution used across Amazon. You will develop, maintain and keep secure operating system components, most of them are Open Source Software, and develop new operating system features.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Key job responsibilities
- Provide updates for rpm packages containing security and functional fixes
- Assess security vulnerabilities in open source software components
- Develop new functionality and automation
- Review code of your peers and have your code reviewed (mostly C, C++, Python)
- With your peers make sure your documentation and runbooks are helpful
- This role includes on-call responsibility
- German language knowledge is not required

A day in the life
- Work towards the team’s goals and resolve some tickets
- Regularly meet with peers, mentors and manager 1:1
- Grab lunch with the team or whoever is in the office
- Work on a new project idea to propose to your manager

About the team
We are building the foundation of the Amazon EC2 virtualization platforms. Our teams are responsible for the development and maintenance of the Amazon hypervisors and Linux Kernels that make up the engine of the Amazon EC2 compute servers. The Dresden based teams also own the development and support of the Linux operating system kernel and the supporting user space components running on almost every Amazon Server worldwide. Being part of Amazon means constantly driving innovation and working on complex technical challenges every day.

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