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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Systems Development Engineer, REALM - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $151,200.0 - $204,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Computer Networks, Linux, Distributed Systems, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Software Maintenance, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ruby, SQL Databases, Rust (Programming Language), Build Process, Golang - **Published:** June 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10436096/sr-systems-development-engineer-realm ## About the Role This team provides on-call support on a rotation basis schedule among the team members. Your solutions will impact our customers directly! This job requires you to constantly hit the ground running and your ability to learn quickly and work on disparate and overlapping tasks will define your success. Your problem solving skills and solutions will benefit customers directly, ensuring Amazon able to meet all its commitments to our customers. Primary responsibilities include troubleshooting, diagnosing and fixing production software issues, developing monitoring solutions, performing software maintenance and configuration, implementing the fix for internally developed code (Perl, Ruby, C/C++, JAVA), performing SQL queries, updating, tracking and resolving technical challenges, build and develop tools which will automate daily operational activities. Responsibilities also include working alongside development on Amazon Corporate and Divisional software projects, updating/enhancing our current software, automation of support processes and documentation of our systems. This job requires you to constantly hit the ground running and your ability to learn quickly and work on disparate and overlapping tasks will define your success. High Impact production issues often require coordination between multiple Development, Operations and IT Support groups, so you get to experience a breadth of impact with various groups. The ideal candidate must be detail oriented, have superior verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, able to juggle multiple tasks at once, work independently and can maintain professionalism under pressure. You must be able to identify problems before they happen and implement solutions that detect and prevent outages. Your ability to accurately prioritize projects, make sound judgments, work to improve the customer experience, and get the right things done would have direct impact on Amazon Transportation's network efficiency., Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of 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 Preferred Qualifications - Experience with distributed systems at scale ## Description Our team is seeking a Sr. Systems Development Engineer to join a team that integrates and manages innovative solutions that lead to improvements in Amazon transportation network. 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