Senior Software Dev Engineer AWS EC2 Elastic Block Store EBS

Come change the way AWS does storage!
Elastic Block Store (EBS) is an easytouse scalable highperformance blockstorage service designed for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2. EBS delivers highperforming virtualized storage in the cloud for EC2 ( . Our teams software runs on all of Amazons compute instance platforms and we are the first point of contact with a customers I/O request. We are looking for engineers to own the connectivity and performance experience of millions of Amazon customers. We develop high performance software running on PCIbased offload cards that are developed inhouse at Amazon. We work at multiple levels in the networking stack and push on the latest innovations in hardware to set the industry standards in performance.
You will design and solve for availability and scalability problems. We also expect our engineers to interact with customers to understand our business goals and to innovate rapidly delivering highquality and groundbreaking functionality. You will have opportunities to develop software on the latest hardware acceleration platforms and drive the roadmap for the next generation. You will have an immediate impact on millions of customers driving down latencies and improving the customer experience as their applications run in the AWS Cloud.

The ideal candidate will have superlative technical strength and the ability to analyze design and solve for availability and scalability problems. We also expect our engineers to interact with customers to understand our business goals and to innovate rapidly delivering highquality and groundbreaking functionality. Our team is passionate about the large opportunity that we have in Amazon EBS EC2 and Cloud Computing in general and were looking to raise the bar with our next curious enthusiastic and motivated team member.

Key job responsibilities

Develop software for networking storage protocols in C C Rust or other languages
Participate in all phases of SDLC including requirements gathering design code test and code/test coverage and operations.
Analyze customer needs and design solutions with customer obsession
Implement and test solutions in various programming languages
Define metrics and monitoring procedures to provide visibility in how our software is behaving
Document software solutions and operational procedures
A day in the life
You will collaborate with and learn from the industrys best minds to solve interesting and challenging problems at an enormous scale on a daily basis. This collaboration extends beyond just the team in EBS. You will have the opportunity to work with many other teams in AWS to build a secure performant and reliable system.



Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have superlative technical strength and
the ability to analyze design and solve for availability and scalability problems. We also expect our engineers to interact with customers to understand our business goals and to innovate rapidly delivering highquality and groundbreaking functionality. Our team is passionate about the large opportunity that we have in Amazon EBS EC2 and Cloud Computing in general and were looking to raise the bar with our next curious enthusiastic and motivated team member.
Develop software in C C Rust or other languages
Participate in all phases of SDLC including requirements gathering design code test and code/test coverage and operations.
Analyze customer needs and design solutions with customer obsession
Implement and test solutions in various programming languages
Define metrics and monitoring procedures to provide visibility in how our software is behaving
Document software solutions and operational procedures

A day in the life
You will collaborate with and learn from the industrys best minds to solve interesting and challenging problems at an enormous scale on a daily basis. This collaboration extends beyond just the team in EBS. You will have the opportunity to work with many other teams in AWS to build a secure performant and reliable system.

Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3 and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2 to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledgesharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy oneonone mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
About AWS
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Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employeeled affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.
Mentorship & Career Growth
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About the team
* Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

5 years of noninternship 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

5 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
Multithreaded concurrent processing
Linux/Windows kernel modules and file systems storage hardware or virtualization technologies
Enterprisescale distributed systems
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team
Working backwards from customer needs or requirements
Embedded systems Device Drivers Firmware ARM architecture
Networking and/or Storage Domains
Objected Oriented design
Go or Python scripting languages

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 Companys 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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/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.