Amazon Web Services (AWS) ยท 2 weeks ago
Software Development Engineer, Nitro SSD
Cupertino, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$129K/yr - $224K/yr
3+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a leading cloud platform that is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join their Hardware Engineering Services team. The role involves designing AWS-specific hardware, firmware, and software for non-volatile memory devices, including NAND-based SSDs, and contributing to firmware development from conception through production.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
You will be a member of a team designing AWS-specific hardware, firmware and software for non-volatile memory devices, including NAND-based SSDs
You will be a part of the firmware effort from conception, through validation and into production
You will contribute to FW development and support device characterization and benchmarking efforts
You will work closely with AWS software engineers to tailor devices for the AWS environment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
3+ years of computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis) experience
Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Experience in embedded development in C/C++, or 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
Deep understanding of SSD hardware architecture and SSD concepts such as wear-leveling, garbage collection, etc
5+ years of hands-on experience developing firmware for SSD and other related storage devices
High-level understanding of storage technologies and associated block interface protocols
Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
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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