AmazonSenior Software Engineer - Deployment Infrastructure, EBS Server Agility
Amazon is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Deployment Infrastructure, EBS Server Agility in Boston, United States. It pays $168k-$227k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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Architect and build automated deployment and patching infrastructure for cloud storage systems, incorporating minor AI anomaly detection.
We're looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to drive the technical direction of our deployment and patching systems — from automated security patching that reaches every server every 15 days to train deployment pipelines that safely roll out new server software across dozens of AWS regions with zero customer impact. You'll lead the design of solutions to complex problems involving safe deployment to stateful storage systems, automated rollback and canary analysis, manifest consistency, and the transition from operator-in-the-loop to secure, autonomous server deployments.
Server deployment at EBS sits in the critical path for security compliance and feature velocity. We shape how EBS server software evolves to support new hardware platforms, new partitions (including edge and outpost), and new operational models. We regularly partner with principal engineers and teams across EC2 and EBS to deliver integrations that make server deployments safer and more efficient. If you want your technical leadership to have real impact at AWS scale, and you're excited by building secure systems that deploy themselves, we'd love to talk to you.
Key job responsibilities
- Architect and own deployment pipelines that safely deliver EBS server software across all AWS regions and partitions with zero customer impact
- Design and build automated security patching workflows that maintain manifest consistency and keep server software patched on a biweekly cadence
- Build safe deployment orchestration for stateful storage — coordinating with the storage engine to drain, update, and restore service without data loss
- Design automated canary analysis and rollback mechanisms that detect deployment issues and act before customers are impacted
- Build secure, zero-access operational infrastructure for deployment observability and autonomous server operations
- Drive toward secure, autonomous server deployments through AI-powered anomaly detection and self-healing automation
- Extend deployment and patching capabilities to new partitions and edge environments
- Lead design reviews and establish best practices for deployment safety across the team
A day in the life
Your work spans the full range of deployment engineering — from working through new payload requests and figuring out how to safely integrate new server components into the deployment train, to analyzing deployment data to identify inefficiencies and designing automated anomaly detection for the deployment services. You'll brainstorm rollout strategies for hotfixes that can't wait for the regular cadence, drive automation that eliminates manual operator steps, and partner with principal engineers and teams across EBS and EC2 on cross-service deployment integrations.
This is a high-visibility role. Server deployment decisions affect every EBS customer, and your work is regularly reviewed by senior leadership. You'll collaborate across organizational boundaries, influence technical direction beyond your immediate team, and represent deployment safety in discussions that shape how EBS evolves.
We value senior engineers who lead through ambiguity, reduce toil through smart automation, make principled tradeoffs between speed and safety, and elevate those around them.
About the team
You'll join a group of strong engineers who own the server deployment and patching infrastructure for EBS. We design and operate deployment pipelines that safely deliver validated server software to 400,000 bare-metal servers, automated patching systems that keep server software secure on a biweekly cadence, metrics collection infrastructure for deployment observability, and secure operational tooling for autonomous server operations. We move fast to deliver for customers while maintaining operational excellence across these mission-critical services.
We're a 10-person team in Boston building toward a future where server software patches and deploys itself — safely, securely, on schedule, with full visibility. There's significant greenfield opportunity: safe deployment to stateful bare-metal systems at global scale has almost no off-the-shelf solutions, so you'll be designing from first principles.
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
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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, MA, Boston - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
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Senior Software Engineer - Deployment Infrastructure, EBS Server Agility at Amazon rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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