Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 4 hours ago
Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 VPC
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$151K/yr - $262K/yr
5+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join their EC2 VPC Packet Pipeline team. The role involves leading a small team to develop high-performance networking solutions and mentoring junior engineers while driving architectural decisions and collaborating with various stakeholders.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Being the lead engineer on a small team, mentoring junior engineers, ensuring the right development practices are followed
Be very hands-on; work with the engineering team to manage the day-to-day development activities by leading architecture decisions, participating in designs, design review, code review, and implementation
Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology, always on a look out for new technologies and work with management and development team in bringing new technologies
Communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Qualification
Required
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
1+ years experience in leading a team in terms of architecture, mentoring and pushing best software development practices
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Experience developing in C or C++
Preferred
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Effective verbal and written communication skills
Proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms and data structures
Linux operating system knowledge + development experience
In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP
Kernel or embedded development, particularly Linux kernel
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Experience influencing software engineers best practices within your team
Scripting (Ruby/Python)
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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2025-01-22Grant
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Chief Executive Officer
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