Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer (C/C++), EC2 Nitro Instance NetworkingAmazon • Seattle, Washington, United States
Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer (C/C++), EC2 Nitro Instance Networking
Amazon
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Seattle, Washington, United States
About
Lead the low‑level development of networking systems that form the foundation of cloud computing, enabling millions of applications to connect and perform reliably across the world's largest cloud platform. Join the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instance Networking team where your technical leadership shapes how enterprises and AWS services experience network performance, security, and reliability at unprecedented scale.
As a Senior Embedded Software Development Engineer (C/C++), you will guide complex engineering initiatives across diverse technical domains that define modern cloud networking infrastructure. You’ll architect high‑performance packet processing systems handling millions of operations per second, design advanced analytics platforms that transform network telemetry data into engineering insights, lead testing infrastructure development that validates changes across global infrastructure, and implement sophisticated protection mechanisms that secure customer workloads. This role combines systems programming depth with the scale challenges of distributed computing, offering opportunities to drive architectural decisions at the intersection of performance optimization, security innovation, and operational excellence.
Working in partnership with Principal Engineers, hardware teams, and AWS leadership, you will influence technical roadmaps while mentoring other engineers and maintaining operational discipline required for systems that operate continuously at global scale.
Key Job Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for initiatives developing core networking infrastructure that enables secure, reliable, and high‑performing connectivity across the EC2 platform.
Drive architectural decisions for systems spanning hardware‑optimized software development through distributed analytics platforms that process network behavior at significant scale.
Lead development efforts across multiple domains including high‑performance packet processing, comprehensive network telemetry and analytics, automated testing and validation infrastructure, and advanced security mechanisms.
Champion architectural improvements when supported by performance data and operational evidence, including fundamental changes to packet processing pipelines and security enforcement mechanisms.
Mentor junior engineers and guide technical decision‑making across complex networking challenges.
Collaborate with hardware engineering teams to optimize software performance across evolving networking hardware platforms while ensuring compatibility and feature consistency.
Establish engineering best practices that balance rapid innovation with operational excellence, including automated testing frameworks, performance benchmarking, and monitoring systems.
Navigate complex technical challenges in distributed systems, low‑level programming, and hardware‑software integration while maintaining reliability standards required for mission‑critical infrastructure.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles.
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Knowledge of ARM CPUs.
Benefits The base salary range for this position is USD 168,100.00 – 227,400.00 annually. Your 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Languages
- English
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