The role involves building the networking infrastructure for Amazon EC2, focusing on software-defined networking that supports virtual machines in the cloud. The team operates at the intersection of cloud infrastructure and AI, developing high-performance networking solutions for demanding workloads. The position requires writing low-level systems code in C and Rust for custom hardware in a real-time embedded environment. The engineer will work on network virtualization protocols and packet processing pipelines, ensuring performance and reliability at scale.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for new and existing systems
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 4+ years of full software development life cycle experience
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles
• Experience in networking, large-scale distributed systems or a related field
• Experience in Linux and Networking protocols

• Design and implement data plane networking software on custom hardware.
• Build and improve network virtualization systems for EC2 customers.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues across distributed embedded systems.
• Collaborate with partner teams across hardware, control plane, and ML platforms to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• 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.