Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Technology

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,EC2NitroTeam

$165–224k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: Embedded firmware, C++ development, Automated testing. Integrate and update firmware. Develop tools and processes”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce failure; Improve customer experience

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years software development experience, 2+ years system design or architecture, Experience programming one language, Bachelor's degree in computer science

Nice to Have

6+ years full SDLC experience, 3+ years computer science fundamentals, 3+ years embedded firmware development, Master's degree in computer science

What You'll Do.

Integrate and update firmware

Develop tools and processes

Measure firmware performance

Perform software design reviews

Develop automated tests

Monitor code at scale

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Principal engineers; Silicon designers; Hardware engineers; Internal partners; External partners

Full Job Description

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 state-of-the-art cloud solutions. You’ll be working on pioneering 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 tools and processes to measure firmware performance, qualification, monitoring and deployment across all EC2 platforms. 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 req

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