Sr. Software Engineer - EC2 Windows OS Technologies team, EC2 Windows

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC seeks Senior Software Development Engineer for the EC2 Windows OST team to advance OS-level software in the cloud. You will influence the technical roadmap, develop high-performance drivers, and partner across teams to deliver enterprise-class workloads on AWS EC2 Windows instances.

Bring strong C/C++, OS/driver expertise, and a track record in scalable, reliable systems. You will participate in design reviews, mentor peers, and contribute to a fast-paced, start-up like

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with C/C++ or equivalent.
• Experience leading design or architecture of large systems.
• Mentor or tech lead experience.
• BS in CS/EE with 10+ years or MS/PhD with 8+ years.
• Proficient in Windows user-mode or kernel-mode drivers.
• Familiar with Windows driver models like MiniPort/NDIS/StorPort/WDF.
• Strong OS fundamentals and system-level troubleshooting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Innovate and create vision to bring best system software to enterprise customers.
• Improve CI/CD processes across services to increase velocity.
• Collaborate with teams on solution development for user and kernel space.
• Define technical roadmaps with product management.
• Analyze requirements and provide design with effort estimates.
• Create architectures with resilience, scalability, and performance.
• Uphold high quality with best practices and reviews.
• Participate in design reviews and share insights across teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster growth.

Skills

C/C++

Windows drivers

Kernel-mode drivers

Distributed systems

OS concepts

Leadership

Design patterns

Education

BS in CS/EE or related field

MS/PhD in CS/EE or related field

Tools

NDIS

StorPort

WDF

Job description

Do you want to help shape the future of compute for the Amazon Web Services cloud?

The EC2 Instance Platform organization is responsible for tackling challenging problems faced by enterprise customers via cloud-based solutions. The team uses next-gen technologies to develop large-scale platforms to help customers optimally run their business. We are hiring Senior Software Development Engineers to make Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) the best place to run enterprise class workloads. As part of our team you will help build next generation services that simplifies how our customers and partners configure and manage high performance computing workloads on the cloud. You will closely work with various pre-release Amazon technologies and build services that handle large scale, highly available distributed systems. We are looking for Software Development Engineers who are passionate about working on next-gen technologies, who bring deep technical knowledge, and who have experience with distributed systems to drive technical design and implement end-end solutions. If you’re into operating systems, how software interfaces with hardware, file systems, or just working on challenging software problems where performance and code size still matter, come and join us. The ideal candidate for this position is a software engineer excited to work in a cloud scale environment who has a strong track record of developing and delivering Windows user- or kernel-mode drivers in a system level programming language such as C/C++.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Key job responsibilities

• innovate and come up with a vision to bring the best system software to enterprise customers
• improve the CI/CD process across multiple services/pipelines to increase development velocity
• work collaboratively with team and other teams on solution development of both user and kernel space applications
• work with Principal / Sr. Principals and Product management team to define solution technical roadmap
• analyze business requirements and provide solution design with estimated work effort
• create architecture design with resilience, scalability, and performance
• assure the highest quality bar relentlessly with software development best practices
• participate design and code review and provide insightful suggestions across products and/or teams
• mentor junior team members and develop the best
• participate in Agile development process and influence the process refinery

A day in the life

• Participate regularly in stand-ups and team meetings
• Review design docs, code changes from team peers
• Design, implement, and deploy the new software solution assigned to you or owned by team
• Improve existing automation processes
• Go through backlogs related with products you or team own
• Participate in oncall rotation
• Have fun and learn new AWS services and Windows technologies.

About The Team

The EC2 Windows OST (OS Technologies) team owns the fundamental OS level software and services which enable the EC2 Windows offerings. We bring innovations to Windows OS so that Windows instances and enterprise workloads can perform best on AWS EC2 platforms. These innovations include but not limited to kernel drivers, user applications, and machine learning powered troubleshooting services. We also make efforts to provide fundamental support for other AWS teams to enable their services like Backup, High performance computing, Security and many others

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
• BS in CS/EE or related field with 10+ years of experience
• MS/PhD in CS/EE or related field with 8+ years of experience.
• Proficient in C/C++
• Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, system architecture, software engineering basics
• 5+ years of experience in developing Windows user-mode or kernel-mode drivers
• Familiar with at least one Windows driver development model, such as MiniPort, NDIS, StorPort, WDM, WDF etc
• Deep understanding into OS level, familiar with either Windows or Linux kernels
• Prior experience with at least one full software development cycle from architect, design, code, review, verification, automation, debugging / system-level troubleshooting, release / maintenance
• Good communication skills in both verbal and written forms

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
• Programming experience with other higher level languages, like PowerShell, Python, Rust, Golang etc
• Knowledge in storage stack, familiar with NVMe protocol, Windows file system, storage space, S2D.
• Knowledge about Virtualization technologies, Cloud-computing concepts
• Knowledge about OS boot up sequences
• Knowledge about security concepts, like TLS, PKI, attestation, Signing, Encryption, Certificate, TPM, Secure Boot, TEE
• Knowledge about CPU technologies, like Intel SGX, Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, ARM CCA
• Experience with software performance, scale, or/and stress testing
• Knowledge or experience with software performance evaluation or benchmarking
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, start-up like environment
• Passion to work with mission critical services and deliver the best to customers

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Santa Clara - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Bellevue - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A3144548