Senior SDN & Cloud Networking Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a software engineer to design and develop network control plane software for highly scaled networks, leveraging SDN and traditional routing technologies. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to bring innovative algorithms and robust services to production.

You will lead design discussions, contribute to architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers while delivering scalable software systems across AWS data centers worldwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing network control plane software for highly scaled networks, using SDN and traditional routing/switching solutions.
• Working with management, customers and development team to develop state of the art solutions, incorporating new technologies and algorithms and innovations.
• Help onboard and mentor new team members.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

Networking

Leadership

Education

Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a software engineer to design and develop network control plane software for highly scaled networks, leveraging SDN and traditional routing technologies. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to bring innovative algorithms and robust services to production.

You will lead design discussions, contribute to architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers while delivering scalable software systems across AWS data centers worldwide.