Software Development Engineer, Data Plane, Network Product Development

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. Amazon Web Services is looking for Software Development Engineers to develop state of the art Linux based networking platforms. You will join a team of engineers developing embedded routing platforms that enable one of the world's largest and complex networks. We are seeking engineers with a demonstrated track record of designing and implementing Linux-based solutions on embedded devices, ideally for networking products. We want people who are passionate about changing the way data center networking is done.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop state of the art Linux based networking platforms
• Work on embedded routing platforms that enable one of the world's largest and complex networks
• Design and implement Linux-based solutions on embedded devices for networking products
• Focus on packet forwarding in networking devices, the core functionality of a networking switch
• Work with Linux Kernel and its constructs for L2/L3 forwarding and management, and the underlying hardware
• Ensure Kernel state and hardware state mirror one another

About the team

We are the Data Plane team and are split between Cupertino, Seattle, and Raleigh; and are looking to expand in either site. Our team owns packet forwarding in our networking devices; that is, the core functionality of a networking switch.

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