Principal Engineer, Real-Time Cloud Networking

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is hiring Principal Engineers and Senior Principal Engineers to join AWS Network Services in San Francisco.

You will shape the architecture for high-scale distributed systems that power global workloads, setting the technical direction and delivering production-ready solutions. The role partners with Product Management and senior leadership to define ambitious roadmaps, own system-level design decisions, and drive cross-team initiatives that impact billions of dollars

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software development
• Experience owning architecture and delivery
• Track record leading concurrent initiatives
• Influence VP/SVP-level strategy
• Deep expertise in real-time transport protocols, DNS, distributed systems, or cloud networking
• Strong programming in C/C++, Rust, Go, or Java

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for systems powering AWS with microsecond performance
• Partner with Product Management
• Define and shape new products from technical insight
• Lead system-wide design decisions across teams

Skills

Technical architecture

End-to-end delivery

Cross-functional leadership

Executive influence

Real-time protocols

DNS & distributed systems

Cloud networking

C/C++

Rust/Go/Java

Education

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is hiring Principal Engineers and Senior Principal Engineers to join AWS Network Services in San Francisco.

You will shape the architecture for high-scale distributed systems that power global workloads, setting the technical direction and delivering production-ready solutions. The role partners with Product Management and senior leadership to define ambitious roadmaps, own system-level design decisions, and drive cross-team initiatives that impact billions of dollars