The role is for a senior systems engineer on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) NX Platforms team, focusing on enhancing virtualized networking performance and security. The team is responsible for the packet processing pipeline that supports EC2 instances globally. Candidates will work on high-performance networking, requiring expertise in C/C++ and low-level hardware tuning. This position offers opportunities for mentorship and collaboration with experienced engineers across AWS.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards and testing
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles

• Own the end-to-end design, scoping, implementation, and integration testing of new features on the EC2 Nitro System.
• Design and build secure and scalable services for monitoring, diagnostics, and automated recovery.
• Create next generation hardware/software validation platforms for efficient CI/CD.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and implement robust solutions.
• Continuously improve development processes, tools, and automation for enhanced productivity.
• Mentor junior engineers in scoping, design, and developing scalable code.

• 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.