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Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Seattle, Washington, USA
$115K a year
Full-time

Interested in working on products that are disrupting the data center software industry and change on-demand cloud computing?

Does solving hard technical challenges at scale appeal to you? Do you like working on products that are providing real value to many customers?

If so, please join us as we grow our team responsible for developing cutting edge cloud solutions. You’ll be working on cutting edge technology that drives innovation from startups through major enterprises.

Key job responsibilities

EC2 is looking for an experienced Software Development engineer to join the Nitro Firmware Team. This team owns the intersection between EC2 hardware and rest of the software stack in the Nitro card.

Nitro Firmware Team owns infrastructure and mechanisms to integrate and update firmware for the different components in the fleet at a regular cadence.

Key metric is to make sure software / firmware deployed to the EC2 fleet are functioning at scale with reduced failure and improved customer experience.

This team is also responsible for development of recovery features to repair and recover when there is no underlying hardware problem.

A day in the life

You will be involved in hands-on software development including software design reviews, implementation, code reviews, new platform enablement, automated test development and monitoring to make sure your code is working properly at scale.

You will work closely with Principal engineers from EC2, silicon designers, hardware engineers, internal / external partners to develop robust and scalable mechanisms to update firmware across the fleet.

The ideal candidate is expected to have solid understanding of low-level embedded concepts with ability to code in C / C++.

Ideal candidate must have strong background in Test Driven Development and automating testing using scripting languages (Bash / Lua / JS / Python).

Experience with version control systems, automated build processes and software unit testing are required.

About the team

On the Nitro Firmware team we value Customer Obsession and look for engineers who understand the challenges and responsibility of managing the world’s premiere cloud virtualization infrastructure.

We’re looking for engineers who show Ownership and take pride in supporting major EC2 Customers across the tech landscape.

Our team is diverse! We drive towards an inclusive culture and work environment. We are intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds.

Team members are active in Amazon’s 10+ affinity groups, sometimes known as employee resource groups, which bring employees together across businesses and locations around the world.

These range from groups such as the Black Employee Network, Latinos at Amazon, Indigenous at Amazon, Families at Amazon, Amazon Women and Engineering, LGBTQ+, Warriors at Amazon (Military), Amazon People With Disabilities, and more.

We put a high value on work-life balance. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment.

We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
  • 3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
  • 30+ days ago
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