Senior Embedded Networking Software Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

Sign-on bonus

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle seeks a Senior Embedded Software Development Engineer (C/C++) to lead low-level networking system development for cloud infrastructure.

You will architect high-performance packet processing and security features across global scale, partnering with AWS teams to shape reliability and performance. You will mentor engineers, drive testing infrastructure, and guide architectural decisions with a focus on distributed systems, hardware-software

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.
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for engineering initiatives developing core networking infrastructure that enables secure, reliable, and high-performing connectivity across the EC2 platform.
• Lead development efforts across multiple technical domains including high-performance packet processing systems, comprehensive network telemetry and analytics platforms, automated testing and validation infrastructure, and advanced security mechanisms.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide technical decision-making across complex networking challenges.
• Establish engineering best practices that balance rapid innovation with operational excellence, including comprehensive automated testing frameworks, performance benchmarking across diverse scenarios, and monitoring systems.
• Navigate complex technical challenges in distributed systems, low-level programming, and hardware-software integration while maintaining reliability standards required for mission-critical infrastructure.

Skills

C/C++

Mentor / Tech lead

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

ARM CPUs

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle seeks a Senior Embedded Software Development Engineer (C/C++) to lead low-level networking system development for cloud infrastructure.

You will architect high-performance packet processing and security features across global scale, partnering with AWS teams to shape reliability and performance. You will mentor engineers, drive testing infrastructure, and guide architectural decisions with a focus on distributed systems, hardware-software