Sr. Software Engineer, EC2 Nitro & Cloud Compute

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Sign-on bonus

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to help build and operate the EC2 Nitro compute platform. You will work on high-performance systems, contribute to kernel and hypervisor development, and collaborate with global teams.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software development, strong C/C++ or Rust skills, and prior leadership experience. The role offers on-site work in Santa Clara, CA with competitive compensation and comprehensive AWS benefits.

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

• Develop and manage compute, database, storage and related services.
• Contribute to design and architecture decisions for the EC2 Nitro platform.
• Implement features in C/C++ or Rust and maintain code quality with tests.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Python

Linux

KVM

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Linux

Xen

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to help build and operate the EC2 Nitro compute platform. You will work on high-performance systems, contribute to kernel and hypervisor development, and collaborate with global teams.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software development, strong C/C++ or Rust skills, and prior leadership experience. The role offers on-site work in Santa Clara, CA with competitive compensation and comprehensive AWS benefits.