Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro
$193K–$262K
SANTA CLARA, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- SANTA CLARA, CA
Santa Clara, CA - Experience
- 5+ years in each of the three areas stated in the basic qualifications; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead is also required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Build virtualized, hardware-accelerated local storage solutions for EC2 disk instances, optimizing performance at global scale.
What you'll do
- Develop software for EC2 Nitro local storage platforms in a Linux environment.
- Optimize performance across the technology stack, from hardware to frameworks.
- Contribute to system design and architecture for reliable, scalable systems.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming in at least one software language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, builds, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Java, Rust, Linux
AI focus
The storage platform supports AI/ML infrastructure workloads; no specific AI development work is stated.
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