Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Kernel & Performance

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Santa Clara is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the EC2 Nitro team, building the foundation of cloud computing at scale.

You will work on virtualization design across hardware, firmware, and software to support Linux workloads and AI/ML infrastructure. The role requires strong CS fundamentals and extensive programming experience in C, C++, Java, or Rust, plus Linux tooling, version control, and automated builds.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software across embedded and higher-level layers.
• Mentor and lead engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable systems.
• Collaborate across the full technology stack from hardware optimization to frameworks.
• Influence product strategy and drive performance optimization at scale.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Rust

Linux

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Git

Build systems

CI/CD

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Santa Clara is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the EC2 Nitro team, building the foundation of cloud computing at scale.

You will work on virtualization design across hardware, firmware, and software to support Linux workloads and AI/ML infrastructure. The role requires strong CS fundamentals and extensive programming experience in C, C++, Java, or Rust, plus Linux tooling, version control, and automated builds.