Senior ECS Startup & Performance Engineer

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior SDE to lead the system design and direction for ultra-low-latency container startup at scale.

You will work deep in the stack—Linux kernel, containerd/runc, Bottlerocket, and networking—to reimagine the launch path from instance creation to workload execution, mentoring a team and partnering with ECS leadership. This greenfield team emphasizes ownership, first principles thinking, and rigor, with broad impact on Fargate

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for container start-up optimization at scale.
• Drive system design across the container runtime, OS, and networking layers.
• Mentor and grow a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure.
• Work with ECS leadership to shape Fargate performance and reliability.

Skills

Senior software development

System design leadership

Mentor/tech lead

Cross-stack collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior SDE to lead the system design and direction for ultra-low-latency container startup at scale.

You will work deep in the stack—Linux kernel, containerd/runc, Bottlerocket, and networking—to reimagine the launch path from instance creation to workload execution, mentoring a team and partnering with ECS leadership. This greenfield team emphasizes ownership, first principles thinking, and rigor, with broad impact on Fargate