Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Elastic Block Store (EBS)

- 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
- 3+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience
- 3+ years of experience using C/C++
- 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

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Come change the way AWS does storage!
Elastic Block Store (EBS) is an easy-to-use, scalable, high-performance block-storage service designed for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). EBS delivers high-performing virtualized storage “in the cloud” for EC2 (https://aws.amazon.com/ebs ). Our team's software runs on all of Amazon's compute instance platforms, and we are the first point of contact with a customer's I/O request. We are looking for engineers to own the connectivity and performance experience of millions of Amazon customers. We develop high performance software running on PCI-based offload cards that are developed in-house at Amazon. We work at multiple levels in the networking stack and push on the latest innovations in hardware to set the industry standards in performance.
You will design and solve for availability and scalability problems. We also expect our engineers to interact with customers, to understand our business goals and to innovate rapidly, delivering high-quality and ground-breaking functionality. You will have opportunities to develop software on the latest hardware acceleration platforms and drive the roadmap for the next generation. You will have an immediate impact on millions of customers, driving down latencies and improving the customer experience as their applications run in the AWS Cloud.

The ideal candidate will have superlative technical strength and the ability to analyze, design and solve for availability and scalability problems. We also expect our engineers to interact with customers, to understand our business goals and to innovate rapidly, delivering high-quality and ground-breaking functionality. Our team is passionate about the large opportunity that we have in Amazon EBS, EC2 and “Cloud Computing” in general and we're looking to raise the bar with our next curious, enthusiastic and motivated team member.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop software for networking storage protocols in, C, C++, Rust or other languages
- Participate in all phases of SDLC including requirements gathering, design, code, test, and code/test coverage and operations.
- Analyze customer needs and design solutions with customer obsession
- Implement and test solutions in various programming languages
- Define metrics and monitoring procedures to provide visibility in how our software is behaving
- Document software solutions and operational procedures



A day in the life
You will collaborate with and learn from the industry's best minds to solve interesting and challenging problems at an enormous scale on a daily basis. This collaboration extends beyond just the team in EBS. You will have the opportunity to work with many other teams in AWS to build a secure, performant, and reliable system.

About the team
* Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

* Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

* Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

*Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

*Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.