Amazon

Sr Software Development Engineer, OEM Solid State Drives Team

Amazon$193K — $261K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proficient in at least one programming language.
  • Experience leading design or architecture for systems.
  • Background mentoring or leading engineering teams.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to an automation roadmap for SSD lifecycle workflows.
  • Develop SSD qualification and fleet management solutions.
  • Own end-to-end service development including design and deployment.
  • Utilize AI-powered tools to accelerate coding and service delivery.
  • Analyze telemetry data and drive firmware fixes for SSD health.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
  • 401(k) matching plan.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • Mental health support and Flexible Spending Accounts.
Full Job Description
Application deadline: Aug 1, 2026

AWS runs one of the largest SSD fleets on the planet. The OEM SSD team in Hardware Engineering Services owns the full lifecycle of these drives across EC2 platforms, from qualification through firmware updates to end-of-life. We are looking for a Senior SDE to build the software services that make that lifecycle faster, more automated, and more reliable. You will design and ship production services that replace manual workflows at a scale of millions of drives and thousands of firmware combinations.

Key job responsibilities

Contribute to a multi-year automation roadmap aimed at replacing manual workflows with scalable, reliable services.

Build SSD qualification and fleet management solutions that improve drive health and reliability across EC2, EBS, and S3 platforms, partnering with software and hardware teams

Own end-to-end service development: requirements, design docs, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational runbooks.

Use agentic AI-powered coding and design tools daily to accelerate prototyping, testing, and code delivery.

A day in the life

You will use agentic AI-powered coding and design tools to build and ship services that manage SSD health across the AWS fleet. Your work spans the full SSD lifecycle: designing qualification frameworks, building drive log collection services, analyzing fleet-wide telemetry data, and driving SSD firmware fixes from root cause to production deployment. The SSD landscape is evolving fast, driven by GenAI server architectures, GPU direct-attached storage, and next-generation PCIe interfaces. You will help shape how we tackle these challenges with software. The team is small, experienced, and collaborative. We share context in standups, pair on hard problems, and make decisions quickly without layers of process. You will have real ownership and direct impact at AWS scale.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

- Strong understanding or motivation to learn drive (SSD and/or HDD) technologies

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Cupertino - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually

USA, CO, Denver - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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