System Development Engineer, AI/ML (Accelerator) Server at Amazon
Denver, CO
$129,200–$174,800from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and owning automation, diagnostic tooling, and fleet health infrastructure for AWS server hardware — specifically storage and AI/ML accelerator platforms. The work spans predictive failure detection, root cause analysis, Linux device drivers, and CI/CD pipelines, with a goal of fully automated fault detection and remediation. It suits engineers comfortable operating across firmware, kernel, hardware, and distributed systems at scale.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 230 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 120–300
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 $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). 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 role title is 'Systems Development Engineer' with no level modifier — advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 5+ year experience gate and the scope (owning fleet health infrastructure, leading delivery across teams, architectural problem-solving) support a Senior classification.
SOC classification is Medium confidence. The role primarily BUILDS automation software, diagnostic tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and device drivers (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but it also has substantial systems/infrastructure operations content — Linux kernel/driver debugging, hardware integration, fleet operations — that could support 15-1244. The software-building emphasis wins.
The Basic Qualifications list one programming language requirement as 'at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby' — these are interchangeable options for a single gate; Python is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives. The 5-year figure applies to this gate as stated ('5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience').
PowerShell, Python, Ruby, and Java appear again under Preferred Qualifications as individually called-out preferred skills, so they are also listed separately as preferred.
The posting mentions Seattle and Cupertino as locations. The compensation line explicitly cites 'USA, WA, Seattle', so Seattle CBSA is used. Cupertino (San Jose, CA CBSA) is a secondary location that cannot be represented in a single CBSA field.
Compensation includes sign-on payments and RSUs in addition to the stated base salary range.
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