Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Nitro SSD
$168K–$262K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 20, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Cupertino, CA - Experience
- 5+ years in several stated areas; preferred: 10+ years of hands-on firmware development for SSDs and related storage devices.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or Master's degree. Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Develop firmware for AWS-customized NAND-based SSDs from design through validation and production, including characterization, benchmarking, and tailoring devices for AWS workloads.
What you'll do
- Contribute to firmware development for non-volatile memory devices, including NAND-based SSDs.
- Support device characterization and benchmarking, and participate in firmware validation and production.
- Collaborate with internal and external engineering teams to customize devices for the AWS environment.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 5+ years programming in at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead; embedded development in C/C++.
- Full software development life cycle experience and a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree.
Nice to have
- Deep understanding of SSD hardware architecture and concepts such as wear-leveling and garbage collection.
- 10+ years of hands-on firmware development for SSDs or related storage devices; high-level understanding of storage technologies and block interface protocols.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary); 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, NAND-based SSDs
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