Senior Software Engineer, AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) Performance

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 190,000 - 260,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Prescription coverage

Life insurance

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

401(k) match

Paid time off

Parental leave

EAP

Mental health support

FSA

Adoption reimbursement

Surrogacy reimbursement

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon Web Services in Seattle is seeking an experienced Senior C++ Software Engineer to design and optimize a high‑performance storage stack for EBS, reducing latency and increasing scalability. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure reliability and performance of foundational cloud storage services, mentoring others and guiding architectural decisions.

This role requires 5+ years of professional software development experience with deep system design expertise and a track

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience, including expertise in C++ and system architecture design.
Background in technical leadership or mentorship is required, with a strong understanding of the full software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

Design and optimize a high-performance C++ software stack to reduce latency and improve scalability for AWS Elastic Block Store.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability and performance of foundational cloud storage services.

Skills

C++

Software development

System architecture

Performance optimization

Latency reduction

Scalability

Reliability

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Technical leadership

Observability

Monitoring

Cloud computing

AWS

Storage systems

Job description

You will design and optimize a high-performance C++ software stack to reduce latency and improve scalability for AWS Elastic Block Store. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability and performance of foundational cloud storage services.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of professional software development experience, including expertise in C++ and system architecture design. A background in technical leadership or mentorship is required, along with a strong understanding of the full software development life cycle.

Key Skills