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Software Dev Engineer, EC2 Nitro

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
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Job description

Join the EC2 Nitro Machine Learning Systems team as a Software Development Engineer to enhance accelerated computing in the cloud. This role focuses on building and optimizing performance measurement infrastructure for AI/ML workloads on AWS. You will work on establishing EC2 as the go-to source for best-known configurations across various ML applications. The position offers the chance to influence future platform designs and improve machine learning infrastructure at scale.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture and optimization techniques
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
  • Knowledge of ML frameworks including JAX, PyTorch, and TensorRT
  • Knowledge of machine learning model architecture and inference

Responsibilities

  • Design and build foundational infrastructure for ML performance measurement that scales with business demand.
  • Develop comprehensive regression test coverage across all major component releases.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish EC2 as the definitive source for best-known configurations.
  • Document and communicate performance insights to influence future platform designs.
  • Identify and resolve complex performance challenges through systematic analysis of performance KPIs.

Benefits

  • Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

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