2025 Software Development Engineer - Embedded Development

Embark on an exciting journey at Amazon as a Specialised Software Development Engineer! Join our cuttingedge teams working on innovative technologies that impact millions of customers worldwide.

Whether youre passionate about privacy engineering hypervisor development or IoT solutions we have groundbreaking projects waiting for you. Shape the future of technology while learning from and working alongside industry experts in a fastpaced customerobsessed environment.

Gdask with its thriving tech ecosystem and growing Amazon presence offers an ideal environment for specialised software development. The citys strong engineering talent pool particularly in embedded systems and IoT development combined with its high quality of life and strategic location in the Baltic tech corridor makes it an excellent choice for professionals looking to work on cuttingedge technologies within Amazons specialized teams.

Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis and are matched to teams aligned with their experience plus location and availability preferences prior to interviews. Applicants will remain under consideration until we have assessed all potential team matches or finished recruiting.

This role may also be available in other locations in the EMEA region (France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Poland Romania Spain and the UK) and you can indicate the locations youre open to when applying.

Please note these are not remote positions.


Key job responsibilities
Develop advanced solutions in privacy hypervisors or IoT devices

Work with stateoftheart technologies like AWS Nitro System or Ring products

Contribute to projects that define industry standards and push technological boundaries

Design and implement innovative software solutions for complex largescale distributed systems

Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to conceive design and deliver cuttingedge products and services

Develop and optimize code for performance scalability and reliability

Participate in the full software development lifecycle from concept to deployment

Contribute to the development of privacyoriented services hypervisors or IoT device software

Work on lowlevel system components including operating systems and device drivers

Implement security measures to protect customer data and ensure regulatory compliance

A day in the life
As a Specialised Software Development Engineer youll immerse yourself in challenging projects that push the boundaries of technology. Your typical day might include:

Starting with a tea or coffee ahead of looking through code reviews

Attending standup meetings with your team to discuss ongoing projects and challenges

Interacting with and learning from experienced engineers product managers and other stakeholders to solve complex and exciting problems as well as to implement innovative solutions

Learning about cuttingedge technologies from industry experts and participating in design reviews for new system components

Writing and reviewing code for new features ahead of testing to confirm the new features work and can be built into our products

From time to time celebrating your teams launches and successes with pizza meetings or team dinners

Your work will directly impact Amazons global customer base whether by enhancing privacy controls improving EC2 instance performance or developing new features for Ring devices


About the team
We have opportunities available with a number of our specialized teams working on groundbreaking projects including but not limited to;

Ring Software/Firmware: If youre passionate about embedded systems and IoT this is your chance to develop and test lowlatency streaming solutions for Ring devices. Youll see your code come to life ensuring smart home security products perform seamlessly in real time

SDO Privacy: Create largescale Amazonwide privacy services and tools ensuring transparent handling of customer data while meeting global regulatory requirements.

EC2 Accelerated Nitro: Develop hypervisors and integrate hardware accelerators to power EC2 Nitro instance families supporting advanced workloads like machine learning and highperformance computing.

EC2 KaOS: Maintain and enhance hypervisors and Linux kernels for EC2 servers focusing on security availability and performance using C/C/Rust..

Our teams are driven by innovation collaboration and a relentless focus on customer satisfaction. We foster a culture of continuous learning and encourage our engineers to push the boundaries of whats possible.


Graduated less than 24 months ago or about to complete a Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related fields at time of application

Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals

Programming experience in C or Java / Rust

Knowledge in databases

Experience with Operating systems and Kernel Internals Rust programming


Previous technical internship(s) if applicable

Experience with distributed multitiered systems algorithms and relational databases

Experience such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization

Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions

Adept at handling ambiguous or undefined problems as well as ability to think abstractly

Experience with Distributed Systems: Large Scale Database Multitenant Highly Available Systems Fault Tolerance Disaster Recover or Transactional Systems

Experience with embedded systems realtime operating systems (RTOS) or IoT development

Proficiency in lowlevel programming and system optimization

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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