Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team

Requirements:

• We require 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• We require 2+ years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• We require experience programming in at least one software language.
• We prefer 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• We prefer a bachelors degree in computer science or an equivalent background.

Responsibilities:

• We develop and manage compute infrastructure for high-memory and high-performance computing workloads.
• We work on purpose-built platform development for HPC and database workloads such as SAP, Oracle, and SQL.
• We interface directly with system BIOS for bare-metal instances and drive critical system interactions within the Nitro Hypervisor and EC2 control-plane services.
• We build features and new instance types across domains such as Linux kernel internals, peripheral firmware, and related system components.
• We write production code primarily in C, C++, or Rust, with supporting scripts and tests in Python and Lua.
• We collaborate across teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance compute solutions.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Cloud
• EC2
• Firmware
• IoT
• Support
• Linux
• Oracle
• Python
• Rust
• SAP
• SQL
• DevOps
• Hardware
• KVM
• PCIe
• Security
• Web

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We are part of AWS Utility Computing, where we build and support foundational cloud services including S3 and EC2, along with a broad range of compute, database, storage, IoT, platform, and productivity applications. Our Nitro High Memory and HPC team develops the EC2 Nitro platform for large-scale virtualization and supports high-memory and high-performance computing workloads. We foster a collaborative environment with mentorship, knowledge-sharing, inclusive culture, and strong support for career growth. We value work-life harmony and offer comprehensive benefits, including health coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, sign-on payments, and restricted stock units. The role is based in Santa Clara, California, with an annual base salary range of 165,600.00 USD.

last updated 43 week of 2026