Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Hyperplane

Amazon • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

Hyperplane is looking for a Software Development Engineer for a critical part of
its service that delivers a distributed Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
platform. This team owns the data plane and distribution plane systems used for
both customer-facing services such as NAT Gateway, Elastic File System, Load
Balancers, AWS service endpoints as well as many internal AWS services. This is
a balanced team of senior and junior engineers that has proven it can deliver
very important features for our customers. The successful candidate will be
comfortable dealing with ambiguity, be very customer-centric and able to think
big!

The ideal candidate will be passionate about the potential of cloud computing as
well as about building great resilient, scalable and high-performance
distributed services. This strong engineer has thrived and succeeded in
delivering high quality technology products/services in a rapid growth
environment exhibiting abilities to prioritize well, communicate clearly and
understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong team.
They are a seasoned, mature engineer who is comfortable working in a fast-paced
team. AWS in general, and this business in particular, operates at very large
scale and on critical workloads, so a passion and discipline around operational
excellence is key. A high level of ownership and accountability is a must.
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AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation
of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the
cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage,
networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have
continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging
problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re
looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply
chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at
the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive
culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Requirements

• 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 8+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 8+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable distributed systems that power AWS EC2's network virtualization infrastructure, ensuring low-latency and high-throughput performance for millions of customer workloads
• Lead technical design and architecture decisions for critical components of the Hyperplane platform, including packet processing, network policy enforcement, and traffic management systems
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance, raising the engineering bar across the team
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including network engineering, security, and product management to deliver customer-facing features and improvements
• Optimize system performance through profiling, benchmarking, and implementing improvements to meet stringent latency and throughput requirements
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex production issues, and drive operational excellence initiatives to improve system reliability and availability
• Contribute to long-term technical strategy and roadmap planning, identifying opportunities for innovation and architectural improvements
• Write high-quality, maintainable code in languages such as C++, Rust, or Java, following best practices for testing, documentation, and deployment

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level