Amazon
Senior
SDE building high-performance distributed storage for FSx for Lustre
This SDE role on the Amazon FSx for Lustre team builds the high-throughput, low-latency storage service behind AI/ML training and HPC workloads on AWS. Requires 5+ years leading design/architecture and mentoring, so despite the generic 'SDE' title this is a senior-level bar with tech-lead expectations.
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Free · a live voice mock calibrated to this exact role
Likely format
Amazon's standard SDE loop built around Leadership Principles: phone screen, then onsite/virtual rounds mixing coding, system design, and behavioral (STAR) questions tied to specific Leadership Principles.
What this interview tests
- High-throughput, low-latency distributed storage systems
- Design/architecture leadership (patterns, reliability, scaling)
- Infrastructure-as-code and global deployment automation
- Mentorship and tech-lead responsibilities
- Full software development lifecycle rigor
Common question themes
Design a storage or distributed system that must sustain very high throughput and low latency
Describe a time you led the architecture of a new or existing system
How do you approach infrastructure-as-code for deploying software at global scale
Tell me about mentoring a junior engineer or leading an engineering team
Walk through your code review and coding standards practices
How would you diagnose a performance regression in a large-scale storage service
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