Principal Engineer — Cloud Infrastructure & Scale Leader

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon EC2 is a foundational service of AWS, delivering secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Principal Software Engineers are senior individual contributors who shape technical standards, architecture, and engineering practices, and who work on the most challenging problems with Day 1 momentum.

In this role you will lead cross-functional efforts, decompose complex problems into simple solutions, and influence multiple teams through deep technical expertise in distributed systems,

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on professional engineering development experience.
• Technical leadership and mentorship experience of engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader on our most demanding, cross-functional projects.
• Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system inter-dependencies and limitations.
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers and help grow the team.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Distributed systems

Large-scale systems

Networking

Hardware awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Cloud infrastructure

C/Cpp/Java

Job description

Amazon EC2 is a foundational service of AWS, delivering secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Principal Software Engineers are senior individual contributors who shape technical standards, architecture, and engineering practices, and who work on the most challenging problems with Day 1 momentum.

In this role you will lead cross-functional efforts, decompose complex problems into simple solutions, and influence multiple teams through deep technical expertise in distributed systems,