Software Development Engineer AWS Global Accelerator

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

AWS Global Accelerator is a Software Defined Networking service which improves network performance for a range of products including AAA video games video streaming platforms VOIP Education and technology platforms and social media applications. Our technology powers features for AWS services such as S3 and AWS VPN.

The AWS Global Accelerator data plane team is looking for software engineers to solve challenging distributed systems and networking problems deliver new customer features all while maintaining this Tier0 global service. Our team builds and maintains a packet processor application which routes and loadbalances every single packet ingressed by any AWS edge location. You should be somebody who puts the customers needs firsts and has strong interest in computer networking and protocols. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in computer networking and preferably systemslevel (e.g. C/C) programming experience. Knowledge of DPDK and NGINX are a plus!

Successful candidates will enjoy computer networking and deep packet analysis distributed systems lowlevel systems programming and have deep analytical skills and excellent communication skills. You thrive in a highly collaborative creative analytical and fastpaced environment and are comfortable interacting with highly technical software and networking development teams.

In this role you will have opportunities to engage with AWS customers and other AWS service owners propose and design new ideas and best of all develop and deliver new features to the delight of our customers.

If you are passionate about distributed systems writing clean code constant learning and invigorated to work on a platform that runs critical internet workloads for AWS and its customers you should apply for this role. You will become an important part of running our global software defined networking service and learn what it takes to grow and operate a global business as AWS scale.


Key job responsibilities
Design for new systems from scratch or improving existing systems and own the technical direction for the initiative from start to finish.
Mentor and guide the team members to solve complex problems with simple solutions.
Drive the big ideas to improve availability and performance of AGA Data Plane How we route packets within the service towards our customer endpoints.
Develop high quality testable and maintainable software and participate in code reviews.

About the team
AWS Global Accelerator Data Plane team owns defining designing and maintaining the core of how we route traffic within the AWS Global Accelerator service. We write the code that defines traffic handling endpoint selection DDoS protection.

*Why AWS*
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*Diverse Experiences*
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*Work/Life Balance*
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3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language

3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.