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Sr. Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Specialized Instance team

Amazon· Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
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Santa Clara, CA$193.3k - $261.5kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior software development engineer for the EC2 Nitro Specialized Instance team within AWS EC2 Nitro, focusing on high memory and HPC workloads, system-level design, and cross-domain integration across Nitro Hypervisor, BIOS interfaces, and EC2 control-plane services.

Responsibilities

  • Define technical direction with EC2 Principal Engineers and technical leaders
  • Perform detailed analysis, design, and implement high-quality code
  • Develop and own features for Nitro High Memory and HPC workloads
  • Work across domains (e.g., PC peripheral firmware, Linux kernel internals) to deliver new instance types
  • Collaborate with teams on system BIOS interfacing for bare-metal instances
  • Contribute to tests and supporting scripts (Python, Lua)
  • Participate in code reviews and mentoring within the team

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming experience in at least one software language
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new/existing systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
  • 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience (coding standards, code reviews, source control, build, test, operations)
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Skills

Required:C/C++ or Rust
Nice to have:PythonLuaLinux kernel internals

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance and optional supplemental life plans)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • EAP, mental health support, and medical advice line
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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