Would you like to drive the technology behind some of the most innovative systems on the planet? Do you enjoy solving complex problems and making influential changes? Are you curious about the systems used to run the largest cloud computing infrastructures in the world? Do you have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with? If you answered YES to these questions, then our team is looking for you!

The AWS Hardware Engineering team drives system innovation in the servers used by all of Amazon Web Services, including EC2, S3, EBS, DDB, Outpost and CloudFront. Our engineers solve the hardest problems that fuse software, hardware, and the cloud. Optimizing quality, performance, reliability and cost is a massive challenge, and we love it! We take big bets on new concepts, enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry.

We are looking for a customer-obsessed, team-driven technology leader to take our engineering of server hardware and software to the next level. You will own next-generation CPU and Memory components used in servers across AWS. You’ll work on Amazon’s hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. You will interact with internal and external interdisciplinary teams of engineers to design, develop, validate, launch, monitor and troubleshoot at large scale. You’ll help establish technical standards and drive Amazon’s overall technical architecture and engineering practices. You’ll provide leadership in the application of new technologies to servers in a continuous effort to deliver and improve a world-class customer experience. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position. At AWS we are changing an industry and want individuals who are ready for a challenge to reach beyond what is possible today.

Key job responsibilities
* Drive performance and reliability improvements in hardware used in Amazon servers spanning design, testing, manufacturing, and operations.
* Make use of our copious production telemetry and deep knowledge of component internals to drive HW and SW improvements. Further develop our telemetry collection and data processing capabilities.
* Serve as the technical leader on some of our most demanding projects, including launching new services and features at massive scale
* Work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas to define and drive critical features and architectural advancements into our hardware
* Interact with customers and service teams to understand requirements, define solutions and drive continuous improvement
* Guide our suppliers to meet Amazon’s server hardware needs through deep audit, modeling, testing, and engineering new ways to solve problems
* Positively impact customers and the planet through improvements in server hardware reliability and performance
* Engage deeply in the operations of our systems, including identifying and rectifying root causes of critical issues
* Provide technical guidance to multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience