Amazon
Sr. Software Engineer, EC2 VPC
$168K–$227K
San Diego, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 3, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in software development, programming, and leading design or architecture; preferred: 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience and 4+ years of highly scalable systems experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads hands-on development of EC2’s high-performance packet-processing and virtualized networking platform, from architecture and implementation through production operation.
What you'll do
- Lead a small engineering team, mentor junior engineers, and guide development practices.
- Make architecture decisions and participate in design, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation.
- Gather requirements and communicate product features, technical designs, and strategy to users, technical teams, and senior management.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead; and experience writing low-level drivers or embedded development in C/C++.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; 4+ years of highly scalable systems experience; or embedded systems experience.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, EC2, VPC, SDN
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