Amazon
Kernel/OS Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Operating System
$144K–$224K
SANTA CLARA, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- SANTA CLARA, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience; preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Develop and operate the embedded Linux operating system for AWS EC2 Nitro, including kernel changes, hardware bring-up, performance optimization, and production support.
What you'll do
- Design and implement Linux kernel changes; develop for next-generation EC2 platforms and bring up Linux on new hardware and custom silicon.
- Debug system-level issues, profile performance, and build tools for performance characterization, qualification, and deployment.
- Deliver production-quality code, support production operations, and collaborate across hardware, firmware, systems, and application software teams.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- 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.
Pay
165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually (base salary); 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, ash, C, lua, Rust
AI focus
Open to leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and technical problem-solving.
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