Amazon
Senior Software Engineer, Bottlerocket
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the three stated software development, programming, and design/architecture categories; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
About the job
Build and evolve Bottlerocket, a Linux-based operating system for container workloads, owning core components and contributing to open source and AWS integrations.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain Bottlerocket subsystems, including its update engine, API server, host-container orchestration, and settings management.
- Develop security features, steward open-source contributions, and collaborate with partner teams on orchestrator and customer requirements.
- Own build and release operations, automated testing, production rollouts, and technical mentorship.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience in at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture for new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Bottlerocket, Linux, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, Twoliter
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