Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Hyperplane
$193K–$262K
Santa Clara, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years for software development, programming, and design or architecture; experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- Education
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent is preferred.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates AWS EC2 Hyperplane’s distributed network virtualization platform, focusing on performance, reliability, and customer-facing infrastructure features.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain scalable distributed systems for EC2 network virtualization, including packet processing, policy enforcement, and traffic management.
- Lead technical architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver and optimize platform features.
- Participate in on-call operations, troubleshoot production issues, and improve reliability and performance.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 8+ years of programming experience with at least one programming language.
- 8+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leader of an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, Rust, Java
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