System Development Engineer, AWS Storage and Accelerator team at Amazon
Denver, CO
$129,200–$174,800from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within AWS Hardware Engineering and focuses on building automation software, deployment pipelines, and monitoring tools for distributed storage infrastructure. Day-to-day work spans Linux kernel driver development for ARM and x86 platforms, debugging boot and runtime issues, and collaborating with internal teams to integrate new storage servers into services such as EC2, EBS, and S3. It suits engineers comfortable operating across both software and hardware layers.
Mid level · 2+ years · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 150 people in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 60–220
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118). 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)
The posting lists two locations with the same salary band (Denver, CO and Seattle, WA); Denver is used as the primary CBSA since it appears first. The Seattle CBSA (42660) is equally applicable.
The title 'Systems Development Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The minimum experience gate is only 2 years of professional software development, supporting a Mid classification despite the broad scope described.
The required programming language is stated as 'at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby' — Python is used as the primary skill name with all listed alternatives captured; any one of these satisfies the gate.
Device driver development for Linux on ARM/x86 and OS internals/storage subsystems are described as key responsibilities and implied hard requirements by the role's nature, though not broken out as a separate bullet in the Basic Qualifications section.
PowerShell, Python, Ruby, and Java appear again under Preferred Qualifications as a distinct preferred block, so they are marked preferred there (Agile/Scrum also preferred).
The salary range shown ($129,200–$174,800/year) is the same for both listed locations; compensation may vary by location per the posting's disclaimer.
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