Senior Performance Engineer - Linux Kernel & Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Prescription insurance

Basic life & AD&D insurance

Supplemental life plans

EAP

Mental health support

Medical advice line

Flexible spending accounts

Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Restricted stock units

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Austin, TX seeks a software engineer to drive performance optimization for AWS Graviton across open source projects, internal services, and customer applications. You will develop analysis tools, contribute to the Linux kernel and other open source software, and help shape architectures for scalable cloud workloads.

The role requires strong coding skills and a track record of delivering high-performance systems.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience including programming, system design, and the full software development life cycle.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Drive performance optimization for AWS Graviton across open source projects, internal services, and customer applications.
Develop analysis tools and contribute to the Linux kernel and other open source software.
Influence architectures for scalable cloud workloads and optimize end-to-end performance.