SDE (Rust or CC++) , Device Cloud Services

Application deadline: Feb 1 2026

Join Device Cloud Services (DCS) the team building the foundational platform that powers millions of Amazon devices worldwide. Were at the forefront of creating critical customer experiencesfrom the moment a customer unboxes their device to every seamless interaction thereafter. Our engineers work across the full technology stack from backend web services and mobile SDKs to embedded IoT platforms solving complex challenges in device onboarding connectivity infrastructure over-the-air updates and data synchronization. If youre passionate about building scalable reliable systems that directly impact how customers interact with Amazons entire device ecosystemfrom Echo to Kindle to Ringthis is your opportunity to shape the future of connected devices at Amazon scale.

Core Technical Requirements:
-Deep expertise in C and/or Rust programming
-Experience with embedded systems development
-Understanding of memory management and performance optimization
-Ability to write efficient secure and maintainable systems-level code

Key job responsibilities
-Develop and maintain performance-critical device components using C and Rust
-Design and implement secure Over-the-Air update systems
-Optimize bidirectional device-cloud communication protocols
-Write high-performance code with strict attention to memory safety and efficiency

A day in the life
As an SDE on the Cloud Connectivity and Management Services Team youll primarily work with C and Rust on device components and OTA update systems. Daily activities include collaborating with Kindle Fire Fire TV and Alexa teams while writing and optimizing performance-critical code. Youll focus on device-cloud communication debugging embedded systems and ensuring secure update delivery to millions of devices. The role involves regular interaction with AWS infrastructure teams and requires deep technical expertise in memory optimization and secure communications. Success means maintaining high update reliability while minimizing device disruption directly impacting millions of Amazon device users worldwide.

About the team
The Cloud Connectivity and Management Services Team (C2MS) owns the Cloud Services and Device components used to support critical use cases like Persistent connectivity to all Amazon Devices Over-the-Air software updates bidirectional communication between Amazon Devices and the Amazon Cloud.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. For salaried roles your Amazon package will include listed sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at $143700 - $194400 annually