Senior Software Dev Engineer, AWS Edge Connectivity

Description

Final date to receive applications:
May 12, 2026

AWS Edge Connectivity service enables dedicated AWS Cloud connectivity options for US Intelligence and Department of Defense customers. These connectivity options allow our customer to deploy and run their isolated, sensitive workloads in an environment exclusive for their use‑case. We help our customers to onboard, manage, and scale their connectivity options for maintaining persistent connection to AWS Isolated cloud.

In this role, you will build a new space‑to‑ground network service which customers will use to connect to Amazon’s Dedicated Cloud partitions. You'll architect and implement software security protocols across Wide Area Networks (WANs), ensuring seamless and secure access to dedicated cloud environments. By developing a secure space‑to‑ground communications system, you'll protect critical customer connections flowing through Amazon’s global network backbone.

You'll leverage the AWS ecosystem and integrate with third‑party solutions to create a control and data plane that meets our customers’ stringent security requirements. Working alongside technology experts across Amazon, you'll define the next generation of dedicated cloud connectivity, setting new standards for enterprise‑grade security. Your expertise in network encryption and software development will directly impact how AWS customers access their mission‑critical cloud infrastructure.

If Arlington, VA (Arlington HQ):

This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full‑time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport.

The candidate selected must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

• Provide technical leadership in developing high assurance software systems
• Develop software using Rust, and integrate with third party libraries to build end to end layer 2 to layer 4 networking solutions
• Decompose complex cryptographic and security requirements from government standards into actionable software design specifications
• Analyze and translate keying requirements including key generation, establishment, distribution, storage, and zeroization into embedded software implementations that meet government certification standards
• Lead design and system engineers to perform tradeoffs and architect new solutions for customers
• Lead design meetings to plan development and review peer designs
• Help identify new opportunities and new technologies to improve the customer experience and add features
• Mentor and develop peer and junior engineers

You will be a technical leader on a cross‑functional team of software developers, writing software in Rust. You will help set and maintain the standard for code quality, understanding and planning for the impact of team decisions on software architecture in team meetings, code reviews and through written documents. You will lead architectural discussions, and strategic planning meetings.

You will use and develop CI/CD pipelines to automatically run your own unit tests, and hardware in the loop tests. You will develop and document software sub‑systems and components in Rust, you will coordinate with the team daily to make design decisions, resolve blockers, and review code.

You will demonstrate a high standard, help prioritize development activities and actively mentor other engineers.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re 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…