Sr. Software Engineer, EC2 VPC

DESCRIPTION

We’re at an exciting juncture to redefine the future of EC2 networking for Cloud Computing in 2025. To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re expanding our team and looking for talented engineers to be part of this journey.

You will be part of a team that owns the software-defined networking (SDN) dataplane stack that powers EC2 networking across diverse industries such as Machine Learning, Cloud Gaming, Health, Fintech, and Video Streaming. Our work impacts millions of customers globally, delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance networking solutions at incredible scale.

Our networking stack implements features such as elastic network interfaces, firewalls (security groups), routing, monitoring, and HW acceleration where we continuously push the bounds on performance.

We are seeking a Software Engineer with experience in System Software / Embedded Software, Cloud Computing, and Networking to join our VPC dataplane team. This role will span multiple technology areas, providing an opportunity to innovate across a variety of platforms and systems.

With the extensive network and access to Principal, Sr. Principal and Distinguished Engineers across EC2, AWS and Amazon, you are surrounded by talent that will provide you opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge.

Key job responsibilities
* Lead the end-to-end design, scoping, implementation, and integration testing of new features that run on the EC2 Nitro System.
* Set high standards for development processes, tools, and automation to enhance team productivity and quality.
* Own the team architecture and define best engineering practices on design and coding.
* Identify business problems and opportunities, and advocate for technical solutions that influences the technical roadmap for your team and partner teams.
* Mentor junior engineers with scoping, design, and developing scalable and maintainable code.
* Collaborate with Principal Engineers, Product Managers, Sr TPMs, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, system architectures, and implement robust and scalable solutions.

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