Sr. System Development Engineer, AL/ML/Storage server team, Cloud AI/ML/storage server teams at Amazon
Denver, CO
$173,900–$235,200from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role at AWS Hardware Engineering focuses on building automation software, diagnostic tooling, and fleet health infrastructure for large-scale server platforms — including storage and AI/ML GPU compute. The engineer will design predictive failure detection systems, develop Linux device drivers, build CI/CD pipelines, and drive toward zero-touch self-healing operations. It suits a systems-level software engineer with deep Linux, hardware diagnostics, and automation experience.
Senior level · 6+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,050 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,000–5,200
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
Two salary ranges are listed: $173,900–$235,200/year for Cupertino, CA and $151,200–$204,600/year for Denver, CO. The Cupertino (San Jose CBSA) figure is used as the primary since the team is described as located in Seattle and Cupertino.
The role is also based in Seattle, WA, but Cupertino is listed first in the compensation table and is the primary location used here.
The Basic Qualifications list overlapping experience requirements (e.g., 2+ years and 6+ years of systems design/architecture). The higher figure (6 years) is used as the overall years minimum since it is the most demanding stated threshold.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role writes substantial automation and driver code (pointing to Software Developers, 15-1252) but also has a strong infrastructure operations and hardware diagnostics dimension that could support 15-1244. The primary day-to-day work is building and shipping software systems, so 15-1252 is the primary choice.
Skills listed under Preferred Qualifications — including Linux kernel driver development, GPU/accelerator platforms, distributed storage, BMC/IPMI, PCIe, NVLink, NVMe, telemetry pipelines, and anomaly detection — are marked as preferred. The 'systems design' skill reflects the required architecture/design experience stated in Basic Qualifications; it is retained as a required skill despite being a broad concept because the JD explicitly gates on it with a year threshold.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems design, Linux kernel driver development.
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