Software Dev Engineer - Software and Networking Developer (SDN)

$99,500 - $200,000/Yr

Amazon - Arlington, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Arlington, WA

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About the position

The Software Development Engineer (SDN) position at Amazon focuses on innovating and delivering high-performance software solutions for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The role involves developing new services, solving operational problems, and improving developer velocity while ensuring operational safety. Candidates will work on low-level tuning and optimized data structures to handle millions of packets per second on embedded CPU cores, making it a unique opportunity for those passionate about systems software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Innovating and delivering creative software designs to develop new services and solve operational problems.
• Writing requirements capturing documents, design documents, integration test plans, and deployment plans.
• Communicating status and progress of deliverables to schedule, and sharing learnings/innovations with the team and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in, or completed a Bachelor's degree program or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related fields.
• Programming experience in internship or coursework in C or C++.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, virtualization, Linux operating systems, distributed systems/system development, and TCP/IP.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Strong interests and academic qualifications/research focus in system programming with C, Linux systems internals, computer architecture, network programming, and/or packet processing.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on geographic location and experience.
• Equity and sign-on payments may be provided as part of the total compensation package.
• Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.