Kernel/OS Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Operating System

Key job responsibilities

• Research, design, and implement Linux kernel changes to meet business requirements
• Drive kernel development for next-generation EC2 compute platforms
• Bring up Linux on new hardware platforms and custom silicon
• Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues across layers from kernel to application
• Profile system performance and drive optimizations across the software stack
• Develop tooling for performance characterization, qualification, and deployment
• Deliver production-quality code and support its operation in production environments
• Collaborate across hardware, firmware, systems, and application software teams
• Openness to leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and technical problem-solving.

Basic Qualifications

• 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 Qualifications

• 3+ 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

About the role

AWS EC2 Nitro powers the world's largest, fastest-growing, and most feature-rich compute cloud. Built from the ground up for virtualization at global scale, Nitro is a fully custom stack of hardware, firmware, and software that enables EC2 to support Intel, AMD, and AWS's own Graviton processors - while setting industry benchmarks for security and performance.

The Nitro Linux team owns the secure, embedded Linux environment at the heart of this system. We build and maintain the operating system that integrates with the Nitro control plane and powers live updates, metrics collection, core dump handling, and system health monitoring across AWS's global infrastructure.

Skills

Linux, ash, C, lua, Rust

Benefits

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

USA, CA, SANTA CLARA - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually

Schedule

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually