Join the AWS EC2 Nitro team building the foundation of cloud computing at unprecedented scale. EC2 Nitro powers the world\'s largest and fastest-growing compute cloud through ground-up virtualization design built on fully custom hardware, firmware, and applications. Our platform supports Intel, AMD, and Amazon\'s Graviton processors while setting industry standards for security and performance.
The AWS EC2 Nitro local storage team is building the foundation of cloud local instance store platforms at scale. We provide virtualized hardware-accelerated solutions for EC2 disk instances. Our solutions are designed for workloads that require high read and write access to very large data sets on local storage, such as relational and NoSQL databases, analytics, search engines, and data warehousing.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer to join the EC2 Local storage core software team. You will be developing features in the Instance Storage data plane that solve customers\' real world problems. As a member of this team, you will work alongside genuinely curiosity extremely bright engineers, product managers and leaders who obsess about performance, availability, scalability and durability of customer data.
Key job responsibilities
You will be developing features in the Instance Storage data plane and solving technical problems at a large scale. You will own the design, implementation, and operation of a massive scale storage system. The unique accountability of owning EC2 storage optimized instances will provide the opportunity to work with and learn about the large EC2 eco-system. You will have the opportunity to work closely with an agile team that ships often, and see the impact your code has on a wide range of customers from startups to enterprise companies.
A day in the life
We place a high value on work-life balance. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to lifelong happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal life.
About the team
Our team is responsible for all storage optimized instances. Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we?re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- Bachelor\'s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
- Experience with server, storage, networking, or large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with device drivers, firmware management and understanding of IO technologies like NVMe are a big plus
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company?s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at .
USA, CA, SANTA CLARA - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
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