Software Engineer I: Performance & Open Source Optimizations

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Software Dev Engineer I for the Graviton Software team at Annapurna Labs in Austin, TX.

You will work on performance optimization across open source projects, internal services, and customer applications, spanning Linux kernel work, C++/Rust debugging, and assembly-level tuning to deliver top-tier price/performance in AWS data centers. You'll engage with a diverse set of applications from databases to ML workloads, learning from experts while shaping how software runs on

Qualifications

• Experience programming in Java, C++, or C# with object-oriented design.
• Knowledge of data structures and basic algorithms.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Willing to work 40 hours/week with overtime as required.

Responsibilities

• Performance Optimization & Analysis across projects and services.
• Enhance architectures and algorithms for optimal performance.
• Use tools like ABench, Aperf, sysstat, sysctl, perf to identify bottlenecks.
• Monitor and analyze processor, OS, and workload metrics.
• Optimize software performance for AWS services and customer workloads.
• Contribute to Linux kernel improvements and open source projects.
• Develop analysis frameworks and automation systems.

Skills

OO programming

Data structures

Algorithms

OO design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Software Dev Engineer I for the Graviton Software team at Annapurna Labs in Austin, TX.

You will work on performance optimization across open source projects, internal services, and customer applications, spanning Linux kernel work, C++/Rust debugging, and assembly-level tuning to deliver top-tier price/performance in AWS data centers. You'll engage with a diverse set of applications from databases to ML workloads, learning from experts while shaping how software runs on