Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro, EC2 Local Instance Store

Join the AWS EC2 Nitro team building the foundation of cloud computing at unprecedented scale. EC2 Nitro powers the worlds largest and fastest-growing compute cloud through ground-up virtualization design built on fully custom hardware firmware and applications. Our platform supports Intel AMD and Amazons Graviton processors while setting industry standards for security and performance.

The AWS EC2 Nitro local storage team is building the foundation of cloud local instance store platforms at scale. We provide virtualized hardware-accelerated solutions for EC2 disk instances. Our solutions are designed for workloads that require high read and write access to very large data sets on local storage such as relational and NoSQL databases analytics search engines and data warehousing.

We are looking for an experienced software engineer to join the EC2 Storage Live Migration team. You will build and operate systems that transparently migrate running virtual instances across physical infrastructure at scale. Your work directly impacts EC2s ability to perform fleet maintenance respond to hardware failures and optimize host utilization all while maintaining a seamless experience for millions of customers. You will lead a small project teams making direct contributions to the project and delivering the features with minimal direct oversight. You will also be responsible for the development of tools and processes to automate testing measuring the live migration performance and develop observability to operate the service at scale.

Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate is expected to have a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and embedded concepts and expertise in C C Rust or similar development in a Linux environment. Experience with Linux package management version control systems automated build processes and software unit testing.

A day in the life
We place a high value on work-life balance. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to lifelong happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal life.

About the team
Our team is responsible for all storage optimized instances. 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 knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 3 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
- 3 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

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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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 CA SANTA CLARA - 165200.00 - 223600.00 USD annually