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Senior Virtual Platform Software Engineer, Annapurna Labs Machine Learning Accelerators, AWS

Amazon

Location

Cupertino, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

$168,100 - $261,500 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

This role is for a software engineer focused on building and owning functional models of SoC subsystems for AWS's custom silicon. The team develops virtual platforms that enable software teams to start development before silicon availability. The position involves working closely with software teams to enhance usability and performance of the models. Candidates will engage in interesting engineering challenges such as full-system simulation and performance optimization.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle
  • 7+ years of non-internship professional experience writing functional or performance models
  • Experience programming with C++ and/or SystemC
  • Knowledge of SoC, CPU, GPU, and/or ASIC architecture
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
  • Experience developing models that integrate with QEMU
  • Experience with PyTest and GoogleTest
  • Familiarity with modern C++ (11, 14, etc.)
  • Experience in multi-threaded programming

Responsibilities

  • Build and own functional models of SoC subsystems for the virtual platform
  • Design models for usability and performance for software engineers
  • Develop and improve the virtual platform infrastructure including QEMU integration
  • Work with software teams to understand workflows and debug issues
  • Drive simulation performance improvements for complex workloads
  • Contribute to model architecture decisions based on customer needs

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

3,290

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

32,937

FY2026

Entry-level share

10.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+9%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-44%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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