Software Development Engineer, AWS Global Accelerator, AWS Global Accelerator

About the role

AWS Global Accelerator is a Software Defined Networking service which improves network performance for a range of products including AAA video games, video streaming platforms, VOIP, Education and technology platforms, and social media applications. Our technology powers features for AWS services such as S3 and AWS VPN. The AWS Global Accelerator data plane team is looking for software engineers to solve challenging, distributed systems and networking problems, deliver new customer features, all while maintaining this Tier-0 global service.

Responsibilities

• Design for new systems from scratch or improving existing systems and own the technical direction for the initiative from start to finish.
• Mentor and guide the team members to solve complex problems with simple solutions.
• Drive the big ideas to improve availability and performance of AGA Data Plane - How we route packets within the service towards our customer endpoints.
• Develop high quality testable and maintainable software and participate in code reviews.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in computer networking and preferably systems-level (e.g. C/C++) programming experience. Knowledge of DPDK and NGINX are a plus!

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

Skills

You should be somebody who puts the customers' needs first and has strong interest in computer networking and protocols. You should have a strong technical background in computer networking and preferably systems-level (e.g. C/C++) programming experience. Knowledge of DPDK and NGINX are a plus!

Benefits

Amazon 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Schedule

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.