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Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Kubernetes (K8s)

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3 days ago
Santa Clara, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$193k - $262k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate infrastructure platforms for AI model training, fine-tuning, and inference.
  • Develop high-scale, reliable Kubernetes and networking infrastructure for customers using Amazon EKS.
  • Contribute to AWS VPC CNI, eBPF-based network policy, AWS Load Balancer Controller, and eBPF-based network observability and telemetry.
  • Work with Amazon AI teams to operationalize models and improve the EKS experience.
  • Set technical strategy and oversee development of complex infrastructure systems.
  • Collaborate with Kubernetes experts, Product Managers, Applied Scientists, customers, and technical teams.
  • Mentor software developers and contribute to technical decision-making, architecture, and system design.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
  • 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture for new and existing systems, including reliability and scaling.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
  • Knowledge of professional software engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle.
  • Software development experience in Java, Golang, C, C++, Python, and/or Perl in a Linux environment.
  • Familiarity with distributed systems, asynchronous messaging, and network protocols.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
  • Strong knowledge of object-oriented design and system architecture.
  • Preferred experience leading delivery of complex software systems, mentoring developers, communicating with users and senior management, and influencing technical decisions.
  • Preferred knowledge of network protocols, topology design, network hardware, device configuration, eBPF, and Linux kernel or operating system work.
  • Preferred experience with GPUs, Trainium, NCCL, Kubernetes, PyTorch, JAX, Kubeflow, and Kueue.

Benefits

  • Flexible approach to work tailored to employee needs.
  • Health insurance including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, supplemental life plan options, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, and flexible spending accounts.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching.
  • Paid time off.
  • Parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the Amazon package; compensation figures are excluded from this benefits summary.
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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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