Open-Source Systems Engineer - Bottlerocket (Rust/Go)

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, VIs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Bottlerocket team seeks a Software Development Engineer to design, build, and maintain components of Bottlerocket — AWS's secure container OS used to run production workloads at scale. The SDE2 will code in Rust and Go, contribute to open-source work on GitHub, and support OS services, update mechanisms, and integration with EKS and ECS.

This role emphasizes Linux internals, security hardening, performance, and robust CI/CD tooling to enable safe, rapid OS delivery across millions of

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years design or architecture experience on complex systems.
• 1+ years designing and developing large-scale distributed software.
• 1+ years of OO design experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Rust-based OS components including system services, API servers, and update infrastructure for Bottlerocket.
• Own features end-to-end from design through production, operating with high autonomy and delivering results on ambiguous problems.
• Contribute to and maintain open-source code on GitHub, participating in public code reviews and community engagement.
• Investigate and resolve complex systems issues spanning kernel, userspace, container runtimes, and orchestrator integrations (EKS, ECS).
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, release tooling, and automated testing frameworks that ensure safe, rapid OS delivery.
• Harden security defaults and implement OS-level protections that reduce customer operational burden without sacrificing flexibility.
• Partner cross-functionally with EKS, ECS, and security teams to design integrations and align on container host requirements.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and technical guidance, raising the quality bar across the team.
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational excellence practices supporting production container infrastructure at scale.
• Write technical design documents, contribute to roadmap planning, and communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

3+ years dev exp

Design/Architecture

Distributed systems

OO Design

Languages: C#, C++, Java, Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Mathematics

Job description

Amazon's Bottlerocket team seeks a Software Development Engineer to design, build, and maintain components of Bottlerocket — AWS's secure container OS used to run production workloads at scale. The SDE2 will code in Rust and Go, contribute to open-source work on GitHub, and support OS services, update mechanisms, and integration with EKS and ECS.

This role emphasizes Linux internals, security hardening, performance, and robust CI/CD tooling to enable safe, rapid OS delivery across millions of