System Development Engineer, Tactical Automation Group (TAG)

The Tactical Automation Group (TAG) within Operations Infrastructure Services (OIS) is looking for an experienced Systems Development Engineer to join the team in Austin. TAG develops and operates the automation services that connect Amazons 2300 fulfillment sites to the cloud. Our software orchestrates infrastructure deployments across thousands of AWS accounts manages the lifecycle of network devices at fleet scale and ensures every new site gets connectivity without human intervention. If our systems dont run sites dont connect and packages dont move.

We own multiple production services spanning site connectivity orchestration device management VPN automation and infrastructure control plane operations. Our systems are built on AWS serverless technologies (Lambda Step Functions DynamoDB Fargate CloudFormation CloudWAN) and operate across thousands of AWS accounts serving a global fleet.

Key job responsibilities
In the TAG team the System Development Engineer (SysDE) plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and secure operation of Amazons FC solutions. The ideal candidate will:

- Identify business problems gather data propose solutions and lead implementation across distributed automation services operating at fleet scale
- Design scalable backend systems and APIs that integrate with Amazons network infrastructure
- Lead the development and maintenance of serverless control plane systems (using AWS Lambda Step Functions DynamoDB Fargate CloudFormation CloudWAN) that orchestrate multi-account infrastructure deployments ensuring high availability scalability and performance
- Partner closely with Network Engineering site onboarding teams and cross-functional infrastructure teams to deliver scalable self-service zero-touch solutions for network provisioning and management
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure high availability of critical onboarding systems
- Write clean maintainable code with comprehensive testing and documentation

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular full-time employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you! At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!

About the team
Tactical Automation Group TAG develops and operates the automation services that connect Amazons 2300 fulfillment sites to the cloud. Our software orchestrates infrastructure deployments across thousands of AWS accounts manages the lifecycle of network devices at fleet scale and ensures every new site gets connectivity without human intervention. If our systems dont run sites dont connect and packages dont move.

- Experience in automating deploying and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Golang Java C C# Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Bachelors degree
- Experience building services using AWS products

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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 TX Austin - 129200.00 - 174800.00 USD annually