Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Hyperplane
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years for professional software development, programming, and design or architecture; preferred: 8+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Designs, develops, and operates AWS EC2 Hyperplane’s distributed network virtualization platform, focusing on packet processing, performance, reliability, and customer-facing infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain scalable, low-latency distributed systems for EC2 network virtualization; lead architecture for packet processing, policy enforcement, and traffic management.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across teams to deliver features and improve system performance.
- Participate in on-call, resolve production issues, and drive reliability and operational excellence.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 8+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 8+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, Rust, Java
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