Senior Systems Engineer, Ultra-Fast SDN Networking

Amazon; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior systems engineer to shape the EC2 Nitro platform in San Diego, CA. You will optimize high‑volume packet processing, work on encryption and security features, and drive kernel and networking improvements across millions of hosts worldwide.

You will own design, testing, and deployment of new features, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable infrastructure at global scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design, scoping, implementation, and integration testing of new features that run on the EC2 Nitro System.
• Design and build secure and scalable services to enable monitoring, diagnostics, and automated recovery.
• Design and build next generation hardware/software validation platforms that enables efficient CI/CD.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and define requirements, design system architectures, and implement robust and scalable solutions.
• Continuously improve development processes, tools, and automation to enhance productivity and quality.
• Mentor junior engineers with scoping, design, and developing scalable and maintainable code.

Skills

C/C++

Performance tuning

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Linux

Kernel development

CI/CD

Networking

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior systems engineer to shape the EC2 Nitro platform in San Diego, CA. You will optimize high‑volume packet processing, work on encryption and security features, and drive kernel and networking improvements across millions of hosts worldwide.

You will own design, testing, and deployment of new features, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable infrastructure at global scale.