Senior Rust Toolchain & Platform Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a senior software engineer to design and evolve developer tools, compilers, libraries, and frameworks with a focus on Rust adoption and scalable toolchains across Amazon.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate with many teams to drive architectural direction and impact-wide improvements. You will contribute to upstream open-source projects, shape the Rust ecosystem at scale, and help migrate critical workloads to modern toolchains

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 (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build developer tools, compilers, libraries, and frameworks that Amazon engineers rely on daily, with a focus on advancing Rust adoption across the company.
• Lead the architectural direction for shared software components, balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term extensibility, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across Amazon to identify pain points, define technical strategies, and deliver solutions that improve the builder experience at scale.
• Contribute to upstream open-source projects, shaping the direction of the Rust ecosystem and ensuring Amazon's toolchain stays current with industry innovations.
• Mentor engineers on your team and across the organization, raising the quality bar through code reviews, design guidance, and coaching.

Skills

Rust

System programming

Mentoring

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a senior software engineer to design and evolve developer tools, compilers, libraries, and frameworks with a focus on Rust adoption and scalable toolchains across Amazon.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate with many teams to drive architectural direction and impact-wide improvements. You will contribute to upstream open-source projects, shape the Rust ecosystem at scale, and help migrate critical workloads to modern toolchains