Senior Software Engineer - EBS Performance Latency & Scale

Amazon Inc.; 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 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) Performance team in Seattle. The role focuses on reducing microsecond-scale latency in a high-performance C++ stack, owning design, and influencing roadmaps for future generations.

You will collaborate with AWS teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable systems, mentoring others and leading architecture efforts. The position emphasizes deep systems expertise and a strong track record in performance engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Work with a high performance C++ software stack to reduce latency at microsecond scale and drive roadmap for next generation.
• Collaborate across AWS teams to build secure, performant, and reliable systems at enormous scale.

Skills

5+ years of professional software

C++ programming

Mentor / tech lead experience

Architecture design experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) Performance team in Seattle. The role focuses on reducing microsecond-scale latency in a high-performance C++ stack, owning design, and influencing roadmaps for future generations.

You will collaborate with AWS teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable systems, mentoring others and leading architecture efforts. The position emphasizes deep systems expertise and a strong track record in performance engineering.