Senior Cloud Networking Engineer (C/Rust, Embedded)

Amazon

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 168,000 - 227,000

Full time

12 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle, WA is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer for EC2 Instance Networking. You will design, implement, and operate software-defined networking across custom hardware, delivering high-performance VPC connectivity and security policies.

You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with hardware, control plane, and ML platforms to enable scalable cloud workloads. A strong foundation in systems software and distributed embedded systems is required.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
  • 7+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor junior engineers on impactful projects.
  • Design and implement data plane networking software on custom hardware, working across the full software lifecycle from design through deployment and operations.
  • Build and improve network virtualization systems that deliver VPC connectivity, security policy enforcement, and performance isolation for EC2 customers.
  • Investigate and resolve complex production issues across distributed embedded systems, driving root cause analysis and permanent fixes.
  • Collaborate with partner teams across hardware, control plane, and ML platforms to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Years of experience
Programming languages
Design/architecture leadership
Mentorship/Tech lead

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon in Seattle, WA is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer for EC2 Instance Networking. You will design, implement, and operate software-defined networking across custom hardware, delivering high-performance VPC connectivity and security policies.

You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with hardware, control plane, and ML platforms to enable scalable cloud workloads. A strong foundation in systems software and distributed embedded systems is required.

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