The role is for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) on the Workload Optimization team within AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) in Seattle. The team's mission is to significantly reduce the time it takes for containerized workloads to be ready to run on AWS Fargate. This position involves deep systems work at the intersection of container runtimes, operating systems, and networking, with a focus on optimizing the end-to-end launch path. The team is new and offers the opportunity to shape technical direction from the ground up.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience of 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
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience

• Build and optimize container startup and runtime systems using Linux kernel, containerd/runc, and Bottlerocket
• Design and implement solutions across the container networking and instance preparation stack
• Work on one of the highest-scale container orchestration platforms in the world
• Join a founding team with greenfield ownership and the opportunity to shape technical direction from day one

• 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.