Senior Systems Engineer, Open-Source Container OS

Amazon; 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

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to own major Bottlerocket OS components, including update engine and host orchestration, while advancing security hardening and package management. The role emphasizes open-source contributions and collaboration with AWS service features.

You will lead design decisions, mentor engineers, and drive reliable, scalable systems for millions of container hosts across EKS, ECS, and bare metal environments.

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 (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design & build OS components — Develop and maintain core Bottlerocket subsystems (update engine, API server, host-container orchestration, settings management).
• Security-first development — Implement and maintain security features
• Open-source stewardship — Participate in upstream communities, review external contributions, publish RFCs, and maintain public documentation and tooling.
• Cross-team integration — Collaborate with internal and external partner teams to ensure Bottlerocket meets orchestrator requirements and customer needs.
• Operational excellence — Own the build and release pipeline (including Twoliter, the Bottlerocket build system), drive quality through automated testing, and support production rollouts.
• Mentorship & technical leadership — Raise the bar through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers on systems programming best practices.

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to own major Bottlerocket OS components, including update engine and host orchestration, while advancing security hardening and package management. The role emphasizes open-source contributions and collaboration with AWS service features.

You will lead design decisions, mentor engineers, and drive reliable, scalable systems for millions of container hosts across EKS, ECS, and bare metal environments.