Senior SDE, EC2 Hyperplane: AI-Driven NFV & Greenfield

Amazon Inc.

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 168,000 - 227,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to help shape the technical direction of the Hyperplane team.

You will design scalable distributed systems for the AWS network virtualization platform and drive a greenfield rewrite using modern approaches, including generative AI. You will mentor others, lead architecture decisions, and collaborate with network engineering, security, and product management to deliver high-impact improvements for millions of

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

Responsibilities

Design and build highly scalable distributed systems for AWS's network virtualization infrastructure, ensuring low-latency and high-throughput performance for millions of customer workloads
Lead technical design and architecture decisions for critical Hyperplane components, balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term extensibility and system health
Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on guidance, helping to reset and strengthen the team's engineering culture and maturity
Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including network engineering, security, and product management — to define requirements and deliver customer-facing improvements
Drive the greenfield rewrite of a core system, applying modern approaches including generative AI to improve reliability, performance, and developer productivity