Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team
$193K–$262K
SANTA CLARA, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- SANTA CLARA, CA
Santa Clara, CA - Experience
- 6+ years non-internship professional software development; 6+ years programming; 4+ years design or architecture leadership. Preferred: 5+ years full software development life cycle; 8+ years programming; 6+ years design or architecture leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; preferred master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Develop and maintain firmware infrastructure, tools, and processes for qualifying, monitoring, and deploying updates across EC2 Nitro platforms and fleet hardware.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, and monitor software; support new platform enablement and code reviews.
- Build mechanisms and tools for firmware performance measurement, qualification, monitoring, and fleet-wide deployment.
- Collaborate with EC2 engineers, silicon designers, hardware engineers, and partners on scalable firmware updates.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 6+ years programming in at least one software programming language.
- 4+ years 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.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; experience with version control, automated build processes, and software unit testing.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- 8+ years programming experience; 6+ years leading design or architecture; or a master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Bash, Lua, JS, Python
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