Sr. Software Engineer, EC2 Instance Networking

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Sr. Software Engineer to shape the future of virtualized networking in a leading public cloud environment. This role offers the chance to work on the EC2 VPC Dataplane team, where you will develop high-performance systems software that processes millions of packets per second. You will collaborate with a talented team, mentor junior engineers, and engage in architecture decisions that influence the direction of cloud services. Join a dynamic organization that values knowledge-sharing and career growth, and make a significant impact on the technology that powers millions of applications worldwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience in leading design or architecture of systems.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior engineers and ensure development practices are followed.
• Lead architecture decisions and participate in code reviews.

Skills

C/C++ Programming

Rust Programming

Software Development

Mentoring

System Software Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Sr. Software Engineer, EC2 Instance Networking

Job ID: 2939819 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Do you want to shape the future of virtualized (SDN) networking in one of the world’s biggest public clouds?

The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) VPC Dataplane team owns the packet pipeline that runs right beneath all our customer's EC2 VPC instances, adding features like firewalls (security groups), routing, billing, and monitoring as we touch every single packet on every single host across our worldwide fleet in more than 30 regions. Our vision is to combine the performance of bare metal networking while maintaining all the benefits of the cloud, including delivering features not possible on bare metal leading to true Software Defined Networking (SDN).

We continue to grow and are looking for kernel/embedded C programmers who can deliver ultra-high performance for our EC2 customers - our goal is to be processing many millions of packets per second on embedded CPU cores. This requires both being able to implement highly optimized data structures and low-level tuning to our hardware. If you have good experience in C/C++ or Rust, and a passion for systems software engineering such as kernel or embedded software development, then this is a unique opportunity to join us in building the platform which is the basis for all new EC2 VPC features in the years to come.

You can have an immediate impact for all of our customers including internal customers such as AWS Lambda, and external customers that run on Amazon EC2 as we deploy new features and updates regularly and often.
With the extensive network and access to Principal, Sr. Principal, and Distinguished Engineers across EC2, AWS, and Amazon, there are many stretch opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge.

Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:

1. Being an engineer on a small team, mentoring junior engineers, ensuring the right development practices are followed.
2. Be very hands-on; work with the engineering team to manage the day-to-day development activities by leading architecture decisions, participating in designs, design review, code review, and implementation.
3. Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology, always on the lookout for new technologies and work with management and development team in bringing new technologies.
4. Communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.

About the team
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop their engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

BASIC 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

PREFERRED 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

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