Principal Engineer: Cloud Networking & Real-Time Systems

Amazon Inc.; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 200,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is hiring Principal Engineers to lead architecture and delivery for AWS Network Services. You will shape systems used by billions of customer workloads and work at the intersection of distributed systems, protocols, hardware, and security.

You will partner with Product Management to drive new products, set technical direction, and own high-impact decisions that power AWS infrastructure globally, with a strong focus on performance and production readiness.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience owning technical architecture and end-to-end delivery.
• Track record leading multiple concurrent technical initiatives and driving decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Experience influencing VP/SVP-level technical and business strategy.
• Deep expertise in real-time transport protocols (WebRTC, QUIC), DNS, distributed systems, network architecture, web security, cloud networking.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++, Rust, Go, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical direction for systems powering AWS workloads where microseconds matter.
• Work with Product Management to shape new products born from deep technical insight.
• Collaborate across distributed systems, hardware, and security to deliver production-ready services.
• Ensure the connectivity solutions scale for billions of transactions and customer workloads.

Skills

Tech architecture

End-to-end delivery

Leadership with execs

Distributed systems

Real-time protocols

C/C++/Rust/Go/Java

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Engineering

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is hiring Principal Engineers to lead architecture and delivery for AWS Network Services. You will shape systems used by billions of customer workloads and work at the intersection of distributed systems, protocols, hardware, and security.

You will partner with Product Management to drive new products, set technical direction, and own high-impact decisions that power AWS infrastructure globally, with a strong focus on performance and production readiness.