Senior SDE: EC2 Networking & Data Plane Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a senior software engineer for EC2 Instance Networking. You will design and implement high-performance data plane networking software on custom hardware, and oversee the full software lifecycle from design through deployment and operations.

You will lead and mentor engineers, collaborate across hardware, control plane, and ML platforms, and ensure scalable, secure VPC connectivity and policy enforcement for EC2 customers at scale.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor junior engineers on impactful and challenging projects.
• Design and implement data plane networking software on custom hardware, working across the full software lifecycle from design through deployment and operations.
• Build and improve network virtualization systems that deliver VPC connectivity, security policy enforcement, and performance isolation for EC2 customers.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues across distributed embedded systems, driving root cause analysis and permanent fixes.
• Collaborate with partner teams across hardware, control plane, and ML platforms to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Software development experience

System design / architecture

Mentorship / tech leadership

Networking / data plane

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Version control

Build systems

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a senior software engineer for EC2 Instance Networking. You will design and implement high-performance data plane networking software on custom hardware, and oversee the full software lifecycle from design through deployment and operations.

You will lead and mentor engineers, collaborate across hardware, control plane, and ML platforms, and ensure scalable, secure VPC connectivity and policy enforcement for EC2 customers at scale.