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October 1, 2026

Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team

Senior

180,000 - 212,000 USD/yr

Santa Clara, CA

Quick Facts

  • Role: Senior Software Development Engineer (AWS EC2 Nitro Team)

  • Focus: Development of next-generation EC2 machine learning platforms and high-performance virtualization foundations

Description

Join the EC2 Nitro team to build the foundation of cloud computing at unprecedented scale. You will help develop new EC2 machine learning platforms and collaborate with teams across hardware, firmware, systems, and applications.

Responsibilities

  • Drive development for new EC2 machine learning platforms

  • Work closely with technical teams spanning hardware, firmware, systems, and application software

  • Tackle complex performance optimization problems at massive scale

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience (non-internship)

  • 5+ years programming with at least one software programming language

  • 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, scaling)

  • Experience mentoring, acting as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team

  • Solid computer science fundamentals

  • Expertise in C/C++ or Rust development in a Linux environment

  • Experience with Linux package management

  • Experience with version control systems

  • Experience with automated build processes

  • Experience with software unit testing

Benefits

  • Work-life balance with flexible work hours

  • Sign-on payments and RSUs

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Life/AD&D, and supplemental life options

  • EAP and 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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