Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer, AWS, EC2 Live Migration

Amazon; Dresden; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Amazon is seeking a Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer for the EC2 Live Migration team in Dresden. You will design and develop low‑level software (primarily in C) for live migration, ensuring reliability and scalability across large distributed systems.

You will collaborate across teams, participate in code reviews, and be part of an on‑call rotation. The role blends near‑hardware concepts with cloud-scale software, offering opportunities to influence EC2 resilience and customer experience.

Qualifikationen

• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience in computer architecture.
• Strong programming skills in C.
• Experience developing code for the Linux Kernel and/or hypervisors (e.g., device drivers, working with ISR).

Aufgaben

• Design and develop low‑level software for Live Migration in EC2 (mainly in C).
• Write high‑quality code that is reliable, scalable, and efficient.
• Work closely with multiple teams to identify, debug, and resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Conduct testing and debugging of software releases.
• Actively participate in code reviews and provide feedback to team members.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure seamless integration of new features.
• Keep up‑to‑date with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing.

Kenntnisse

C programming

Linux kernel development

Hypervisor experience

Software design

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Jobbeschreibung

Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer, AWS, EC2 Live Migration

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a fast‑growing business that provides cost effective, easy‑to‑use cloud computing resources to businesses of all sizes around the world. At the Amazon Development Center in Dresden, Germany, we develop and operate Live Migration. This technology enables seamless migration of EC2 instances between physical hosts, helping our customers maintain their applications’ availability and resilience.

Are you interested in working where low‑level programming and large‑scale distributed services meet? Are you curious and willing to dive deep to innovate across the various layers that make up EC2? Do you see ambiguous decisions a challenge rather than an obstacle? If so, join our team of highly skilled developers, help us raise the bar to give our customers the best experience a cloud can offer!

Key Job Responsibilities

• Design and develop low‑level software for Live Migration in EC2 (mainly in C).
• Write high‑quality code that is reliable, scalable, and efficient.
• Work closely with multiple teams to identify, debug, and resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Conduct testing and debugging of software releases.
• Actively participate in code reviews and provide feedback to team members.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure seamless integration of new features.
• Keep up‑to‑date with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing.

A day in the life

At Amazon, we highly value Ownership. As a Software Development Engineer, you will take responsibility for designing, implementing, and delivering projects in a timely manner. Given our strategic position, execution requires daily collaboration with peers at various sites around the world. Being a team player is a must! We care about your career growth. We will find and assign you projects that fit your experience and help you grow your career.

We do not split development and operations. As part of this role, you will be part of an on‑call rotation. We relentlessly work to deliver the best quality software to avoid getting paged during our off hours, and expect you to do the same.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience in computer architecture.
• Strong programming skills in C.
• Experience developing code for the Linux Kernel and/or hypervisors (e.g., device drivers, working with ISR).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

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