Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Networking

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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.

Amazon Web Services is looking for experienced software development engineers to help define and build the future of cloud computing! This position is a developer role with anEC2Networking team. The team owns the packet pipeline that runs right beneath all our customersEC2VPC instances adding features like firewalling (security groups) billing and monitoring as we touch every single packet on every single host across our massive worldwide fleet. Our vision is to combine the performance of bare metal networking while maintaining all the benefits of the cloud including delivering features not possible on bare metali.e. true Software Defined Networking (SDN).

We are looking for low-level programmers who can deliver ultra high performance - our goal is to be processing millions of packets per second on aCPUcore all in Rust. This requires both being able to implement highly optimized data structures but also low level (including by hand assembly and vectorizing) tuning to our hardware. If you have good experience in Rust or C/C and a passion for systems software engineering such as kernel or embedded development then this is a unique opportunity to join us at day one of building the platform which is the basis for all newEC2VPC features in the years to come.

Key job responsibilities
* Being the lead engineer on a small team mentoring junior engineers ensuring the right development practices are followed.
* Be very hands-on; work with the engineering team to manage the day-to-day development activities by leading architecture decisions participating in designs design review code review and implementation.
* Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology always on a look out for new technologies and work with management and development team in bringing new technologies.
* Communicating with users other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy.

About the team
The AWS EC2 Networking team designs builds and operates the network infrastructure powering Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We deliver high-performance secure and reliable connectivity solutions that enable customers to run mission-critical workloads in the cloud. Our team develops innovative networking technologies including Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) Elastic Network Interfaces and advanced routing capabilities. We obsess over network performance security and scalability to ensure customers can deploy applications with confidence. Through continuous innovation we help customers reduce costs and complexity while increasing operational efficiency in their cloud networking environments.

- 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
- 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
- Bachelors degree or equivalent or experience in written and oral communication including the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization (technical business executive)
- Knowledge of data structures algorithm design statistics and system design
- 2 years of using Linux and demonstrated proficiency with associated tools or languages experience
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills attention to detail and effective communication abilities or experience in Network protocols like DNS/DHCP/TCP and experience in Linux and Networking protocols
- Experience in embedded development in C/C or experience in performant kernel development (CUTLASS FlashInfer)
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
- Experience in debugging profiling and implementing software engineering best practices in large-scale systems or experience leading and influencing your team or organization
- Experience in scripting or programming work in Ruby Python Shell/BASH scripting Java C/C C* Perl or other languages
- * Programming experience in C/C Rust Go

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include 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 WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually