Sr. SDE - CPLD / FPGA

The AWS Hardware Engineering team creates server designs for Amazon’s innovative cloud services. Our designs are industry-leading in frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and millions of customers who use AWS today. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.

The ideal candidate for this role will be a curious, innovative self-starter. You will be a software development expert specialized in programmable logic development with expert hardware description language skills, knowledge in digital hardware and embedded firmware, and eager to expand your knowledge and skills. You will use comprehensive knowledge of the system in your projects to find the best solutions to multi-factor problems. You will work with engineers across the company as well as external companies and lead development efforts to and beyond delivery. You will collaborate with internal and external development engineers (team members, architects, hardware, test, software services). AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology – come help us make history!

Key job responsibilities
This is an individual contributor role within AWS software development team that owns programmable logic components required for operating and supporting servers in data centers and beyond. The candidate will be a senior developer who owns end to end programmable logic development that includes architecture, design, work estimates, implementation, verification and validation of new features and capabilities. The senior developer also owns component deployment, operational monitoring, debug and support to improve fleet health. Additionally, the senior developer is responsible for growing and developing junior team members, contributing to technical direction for the team, and contributing to team growth to improve efficiency and quality. The senior developer will participate in technical collaboration across teams, helping to innovate and solve the hardest system challenges.

About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Cupertino, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

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
- Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years of programming with at least one hardware description language experience

Preferred Qualifications

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- Experience leading and influencing your team or organization
- Experience with work breakdown and estimating design task effort

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest