Software Dev Eng II EC2 VPC EC2 VPC

Do you want to shape the future of virtualized (SDN) networking in one of the worlds biggest public clouds

The EC2 Instance Networking VPC team develops the foundational data plane primitives that powers the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for EC2 instances which allows customers to leverage VPC on a wide range of workloads from general purpose to specialized machine learning and latency sensitive applications.

We are growing fast and we are looking for an experience Software Engineer to drive our vision of making EC2 VPC the most trusted secure and reliable networking environment on the planet. You will join a team that develops core underlying network virtualization primitives that powers AWS products such as Transit Gateways Network Load Balancers and Outpost connectivity. In partnership with EC2 Product Management Principal and Senior SDEs you will be responsible for building and operating highperformance embedded systems written in Rust/C/C to process packets at scale. The role offers opportunities to impact all of our customers including internal ones like AWS EC2 S3 and DynamoDB as well as external customers running on EC2 as we frequently deploy new capabilities and updates. With access to Principal and Senior Principal leaders across AWS there is significant potential for professional growth to help shape the future of cloud computing infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities
Design develop implement test document and deliver largescale multitiered distributed software applications tools systems and services using objectoriented programming distributed or embedded programming and related technologies.
Scope design and deliver software features and improvements to major portions of the teams software including refactoring and deprecation work.
Mentor other engineers on the team training them on the softwares construction operation and how it fits into the bigger picture. Perform reviews of design and code of other engineers.
Effectively make priority tradeoffs between new feature development and operational work resolving disagreements through constructive dialogue.
Identify and execute on opportunities to improve the teams software quality customer experience and maintainability balancing customer and team requirements.
Stay up with the latest technical knowledge in the field and always be on the lookout for new technologies and opportunities.

About the team
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 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
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Work/Life Balance
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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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
Knowledge of web protocols and networking fundamentals
Experience with TCP/IP packet analysis
Data analysis skills using SQL

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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.