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SDEII - Amazon Linux, EC2 OS - Amazon Linux

Amazon· Software Development
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Seattle, WA$143.7k - $194.4kfull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Experienced software engineer on the Amazon Linux team focusing on design, maintenance, and development of core compute platforms with emphasis on EC2 and Linux-related tooling, builds, and open-source contributions.

Responsibilities

  • Refine technical direction with leaders and translate into designs and code
  • Deliver features, debug problems, maintain servers, and support customers with minimal oversight
  • Lead small project teams or contribute directly to projects
  • Work on Linux platform development including performance characterization, qualification, build and deployment tooling
  • Develop in languages such as C, C++, Python, and Ruby in a Linux environment
  • Contribute to Linux package management, version control, automated build processes, and software unit testing
  • Collaborate on open source contributions

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience
  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
  • 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

Skills

Required:LinuxCC++PythonSoftware design
Nice to have:Ruby

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • RSUs and sign-on payments
  • Support for mental health and wellness resources
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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