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

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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.