Principal Engineer, AWS Hardware Engineering

Amazon

Full-time other-general
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Location
Seattle, WA, United States
Posted
June 06, 2026

Job Description

Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering (HWEng) team creates compute and storage server designs for Amazonโ€™s innovative web services. Our designs are industry-leading in performance, frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the more than one million customers who use AWS today. Our Principal Engineers help establish technical standards and drive Amazonโ€™s overall technical architecture, engineering practices, and engineering methodologies. They work on our hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. They think globally when building systems, ensuring Amazon.com builds high performing, scalable systems that fit well together.
The AWS Hardware Development team creates compute, storage, and edge-server designs that drive innovation across our web services. We own the hardware design life cycle, manage systems that ensure every piece of server ha...