Software Development Engineer, EC2 VPC

Amazon • Herndon, VA

11d

About The Position

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.

Come join a team engineering core software supporting the massive AWS cloud. We
are software engineers and systems development engineers that deliver some of
the core EC2 network virtualization systems. The domain is networking, but it’s
all about software. The team is responsible for designing large-scale,
distributed systems that deliver some of the core AWS-EC2 services. We are
working in everything from applications/APIs in Java to scripting/automation in
Scala/Ruby/Python/etc. We’re delivering “API defined networks”, in that every
piece of functionality is controlled through APIs.

This position involves on-call responsibilities typically for two weeks every
2-3 months. The first week is primary and the second week is secondary on-call.
We don't like to get paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we
work to ensure our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work
together to resolve the root cause to prevent pages for the same issues twice.

The AWS EC2 VPC team builds and operates Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, a
foundational networking service that enables customers to launch AWS resources
in logically isolated virtual networks. Our team designs, develops, and
maintains the infrastructure that powers millions of VPCs globally, ensuring
secure, scalable, and reliable network connectivity for customers ranging from
startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. We focus on delivering innovative
networking features including subnets, route tables, internet gateways, and
security groups while maintaining the highest standards of availability and
performance. Our mission is to provide customers with complete control over
their virtual networking environment.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable solutions for VPC networking features including subnets, route tables, and network access controls
• Build robust APIs and services that handle billions of requests daily with sub-millisecond latency requirements
• Troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues and drive operational excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features that improve customer experience
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team technical direction

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