Amazon Web Services (AWS) ยท 13 hours ago
Software Development Engineer, Nitro SSD
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$129K/yr - $224K/yr
3+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a leader in cloud computing technology, and they are seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their Hardware Engineering team. The role involves developing firmware for Nitro SSDs, collaborating with internal and external teams, and contributing to the end-to-end product development cycle.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
You will be developing firmware for Nitro SSD
You will work with NAND vendor and SSD controller vendor on SSD back end firmware to integrate new NAND on different Nitro SSD platforms
You will participate in the end to end product development cycle including design, implementation, validation and post launch customer support
You will constantly seek for opportunities to improve Nitro SSD firmware's maintainability, scalability, efficiency and testability
You will drive improvement on firmware and hardware integration validation methodology and specification
You will design and implement firmware features to improve Nitro SSD's fleet observability
Working with both internal and external teammates, you will help Nitro SSD to deliver new products that's reliable, high performance and cost effective to customers all over the world through AWS data centers
Qualification
Required
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
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
5+ years of embedded firmware development experience
Knowledge of AWS services including compute, storage, networking, security, databases, machine learning, and serverless technologies
Good understanding of SSD hardware architecture and NAND concepts such as MLC vs TLC, read retry, suspend, RAID
High-level understanding of storage technologies and associated block interface protocols
Excellent written communication and verbal skills
Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Benefits
A 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.
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