Principal Engineer, EC2 Edge Frontier

Amazon Web Services is looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to join EC2 Edge Frontier the organization responsible for bringing the full AWS experience to wherever customers need it. Our products including AWS Outposts Local Zones and Snow Family devices extend AWS infrastructure services APIs and tools beyond traditional data centers to deliver a truly consistent cloud experience at the edge.

This is a strategic technical leadership role. You will set the technical direction for systems that manage the full lifecycle of edge compute platforms from provisioning and deployment through failure remediation and decommissioning across a fleet of Nitro-based devices operating in customer-managed environments worldwide. You will work at the intersection of hardware platforms distributed systems and fleet-scale automation solving problems that dont exist anywhere else in cloud computing.

Edge computing is one of the fastest-growing areas of AWS. Youll work on problems that push the boundaries of whats possible running full-fidelity AWS infrastructure in places like factory floors hospital operating rooms 5G base stations and remote field locations. The technical challenges are unique: hardware you cant physically access networks you dont control and customer environments youve never seen. If you thrive on ambiguity and want to shape the future of cloud computing beyond the data center this is the role.

Key job responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for edge platform infrastructure influencing roadmaps across multiple teams and partner organizations within EC2
- Lead the architecture of next-generation instance platforms and fleet automation systems that must operate reliably in constrained remote environments with limited connectivity
- Own technical decisions on resource allocation and system design for programs spanning hardware engineering platform software deployment safety and lifecycle automation
- Drive clarity in ambiguous problem spaces our edge environments introduce novel constraints around physical access network availability and hardware diversity that require creative first-principles thinking
- Serve as a strategic technical advisor to senior leadership translating complex technical tradeoffs into business decisions
- Mentor and develop engineers across the organization grow the principal engineering community and raise the technical bar through design reviews code reviews and written technical guidance

A day in the life
Youll split time between hands-on engineering and strategic technical leadership. Day to day you might be debugging fleet automation code leading design reviews or writing vision documents that shape the orgs roadmap. Your stakeholders include EC2 Instance Platform Nitro and edge networking teams. Your customers run AWS Outposts Local Zones and Snow devices in hospitals factories and telecom sites environments where hardware access is limited and systems must self-heal. The core challenge: building fully autonomous lifecycle management for thousands of Nitro hosts in customer-managed environments without traditional data center safety nets.

About the team
EC2 Edge Frontier builds the products that bring AWS infrastructure to wherever customers need it. Our organization owns the platform software fleet lifecycle and deployment systems for AWS Outposts Local Zones Wavelength and Snow Family devices. We manage everything from initial host provisioning through failure remediation and decommissioning across a global fleet of Nitro-based edge compute platforms. We are a team of builders first we are passionate about building great software that delivers a consistent AWS experience outside traditional data centers. Were based in Seattle and operate at the intersection of hardware distributed systems and fleet-scale automation.

- 10 years of engineering experience
- 5 years of engineering team management experience
- 10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale high-traffic applications
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

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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 - 220100.00 - 297700.00 USD annually