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Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer (C/C++), EC2 Nitro Instance Networking

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Seattle, WA$168.1k - $227.4kPosted 4mo ago

About the role

Lead the low-level development of networking systems for EC2 Nitro Instance Networking, influencing architecture and ensuring high performance, security, and reliability at cloud scale.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for engineering initiatives developing core networking infrastructure that enables secure, reliable, and high-performing connectivity across the EC2 platform. Drive architectural decisions for systems spanning hardware-optimized software development through distributed analytics platforms that process network behavior at significant scale.
  • Lead development efforts across multiple technical domains including high-performance packet processing systems, comprehensive network telemetry and analytics platforms, automated testing and validation infrastructure, and advanced security mechanisms.
  • Champion architectural improvements when supported by performance data and operational evidence, including fundamental changes to packet processing pipelines and security enforcement mechanisms.
  • Mentor junior engineers and guide technical decision-making across complex networking challenges.
  • Collaborate with hardware engineering teams to optimize software performance across evolving networking hardware platforms while ensuring compatibility and feature consistency.
  • Establish engineering best practices that balance rapid innovation with operational excellence, including comprehensive automated testing frameworks, performance benchmarking across diverse scenarios, and monitoring systems.
  • Navigate complex technical challenges in distributed systems, low-level programming, and hardware-software integration while maintaining reliability standards required for mission-critical infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
  • Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles

Skills

Required:Software architecture and design leadershipC/C++ programmingDistributed systemsPerformance optimization
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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