Senior Software Development Engineer, ECNitro

Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro

Join the AWS EC2 Nitro team building the foundation of cloud computing at unprecedented scale. EC2 Nitro powers the world's 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 Amazon's Graviton processors while setting industry standards for security and performance.

The EC2 Nitro local storage team is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to build virtualized, hardware-accelerated solutions for EC2 disk instances at global scale. Our platforms support workloads requiring high-performance read/write access to massive local datasets, including relational and No

SQL databases, analytics engines, search platforms, and data warehousing systems that power state-of-the-art AI/ML infrastructure.

This role offers unique opportunities to work across the full technology stack—from low-level hardware optimization to high-level frameworks. If you are passionate about solving complex performance optimization problems at massive scale while directly influencing product strategy, this position provides the perfect opportunity to make significant impact on the infrastructure powering modern cloud computing and AI/ML workloads.

• Design, implement, and maintain virtualized, hardware-accelerated solutions for EC2 disk instances at global scale.
• Support workloads requiring high-performance read/write access to massive local datasets for relational databases, No
  
  SQL databases, analytics engines, search platforms, and data warehousing systems.
• Collaborate across low-level hardware optimization and high-level frameworks to deliver performance improvements and product strategy.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language (C, C++, Java, Rust or similar).
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, with emphasis on design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience with Linux package management, version control systems, automated build processes, and software unit testing.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

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. 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.

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.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

USA, CA, SANTA CLARA -  -  USD annually

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.

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