Senior Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer, EC2 Core Compute (AWS)

Amazon; Berlin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services Development Center Germany GmbH in Berlin seeks a Senior Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer to help build the EC2 Nitro Hypervisor and the lowest layers of the AWS software stack. You will own end-to-end software development, work across virtualization components, and contribute to new instance families.

The role offers collaboration with global teams, opportunities to innovate with AI tools, and a path to grow as a senior engineer in a leading cloud platform.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or architecting scalable systems.
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build, test, and operations.
• Proficient in C or Rust for high-performance code.
• Several years of experience in kernel or virtualization space and using Linux tools.
• Strong understanding of operating system internals.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of the software development life cycle across virtualization components; design, test, and deploy.
• Improve the reliability and performance of the hypervisor and instance platforms.
• Contribute to the team's technology roadmap and influence decisions.
• Mentor other engineers on the team and collaborate across EC2 teams globally.
• Explore and apply AI tools to enhance productivity and problem-solving.

Skills

Software design

SDLC

C or Rust

Kernel/Virtualization

OS internals

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Senior Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer, EC2 Core Compute

Job ID: 10459773 | Amazon Web Services Development Center Germany GmbH

EC2 Core Compute is looking for an experienced Senior Kernel & Hypervisor Engineer for one of our virtualization organizations. As part of the team, you will be given the chance to have a significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly our customers, working in diverse work environment with a flexible schedule.

You will be building the lowest layer of the Amazon Web Services software stack, developing the EC2 Nitro Hypervisor for AWS, operating the hardware and off-host software components and engineering new EC2 Nitro instance families. You will have the opportunity to innovate, make new engineering proposals, and explore new areas.

For more information please feel free to visit https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Key job responsibilities

• Take end to end ownership of the software development life cycle: You will build new solutions across the virtualization software stack; developing virtualization components and automating infrastructure flows. This includes design, testing and deployment.
• Drive operational excellence, improving the quality of the hypervisor and our instance platforms.
• Drive, influence and contribute to the technological roadmap of your team.
• Influence and mentor other engineers on the team
• Work with other EC2 teams like hardware, software and firmware groups across the globe, driving innovative solutions.
• Openness to leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and technical problem-solving.

A day in the life

• Work with your manager and other engineers in delivering to the roadmap.
• Focus on high quality delivery and operational excellence.
• Solve technical challenges impacting our customers.

About the team

• Leave no customer workload on-premises by engineering new EC2 instance families with latest generation of CPUs
• Build the most secure, performant and feature-rich virtualization technology in the cloud.

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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 of writing clean, optimized and scalable code using C or Rust
• Several years of experience working in the kernel or virtualization space, & using the typical Linux command line toolbox
• Understanding of operating systems internals

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Proficient in at least one CPU architecture such as x86 or ARM

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