Software Development Engineer, EC2 Software Defined Networking, VPC Core

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and are looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Networking team is looking for software engineers who have a passion for diving deep while also seeing the big picture. We are re-engineering our virtual networking control plane as part of Amazon’s initiative to get EC2 performance as close as possible to that of bare metal. This role involves building, scaling, and maintaining high-performance software to streamline the management of millions of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) configurations.

About the role

If you are a Software Engineer with a strong background coding in Linux, a passion for improving quality, solving challenging problems, and curiosity about virtual networking, this is your opportunity to own major deliverables and all aspects of the development cycle: scoping, design, implementation, and testing. You will exercise judgment in proactively determining and recommending the best features, designs, and support models based on business objectives, timelines, and resource constraints.

What makes this team a great place to work?

• Core VPC Team: Our services underpin the fabric of the EC2 cloud. You have the opportunity to make a large impact and drive the roadmap for the Amazon cloud.
• Opportunities for growth and leadership: Work alongside principal engineers, mentor junior engineers, and influence the direction of the service.
• Direct Customer Contact: Maintain and enhance what you build, working directly with customers to understand and guide their needs.
• Scale New Heights: Tackle fun, complex problems to scale and grow the service to meet ever-increasing demands.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable systems and services for Amazon EC2 (VPC), ensuring high availability and performance for millions of customers worldwide.
• Build and optimize networking infrastructure components including subnets, route tables, security groups, and network ACLs to enhance customer experience and system reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, architect solutions, and deliver features that improve VPC functionality and customer workflows.
• Write clean, maintainable code and conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high engineering standards across the team.
• Troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 operational excellence and rapid incident response for VPC services.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing sessions.
• Contribute to technical documentation, design documents, and operational runbooks to support team knowledge and service maintainability.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce operational burden, improve system performance, and enhance monitoring and alerting capabilities.

About the team

The EC2 VPC team builds and operates the foundational networking infrastructure that powers Amazon's cloud computing platform. We design and maintain highly scalable, reliable systems that enable customers to create isolated virtual networks within AWS. Our team is responsible for core networking components including subnets, route tables, security groups, and network ACLs that serve millions of customers globally. We focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences through continuous innovation, operational excellence, and building robust distributed systems.

Requirements

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 experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization.
• Experience working with technical and product stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and influence product roadmaps.

Pay

USA, WA, Seattle - $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.