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# Senior Software Engineer, Bottlerocket

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $168,100.0 - $227,400.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Automation of Tests, Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Design Patterns, Memory Management, Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, System Programming, Parallel Computation, Build Management, Kubernetes, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10492038/senior-software-engineer-bottlerocket

## About the Role

5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

 - 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
 - 5+ 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

Preferred Qualifications

 - Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles

## Description

Design & build OS components - Develop and maintain core Bottlerocket subsystems (update engine, API server, host-container orchestration, settings management).

 - Security-first development - Implement and maintain security features
 - Open-source stewardship - Participate in upstream communities, review external contributions, publish RFCs, and maintain public documentation and tooling.
 - Cross-team integration - Collaborate with internal and external partner teams to ensure Bottlerocket meets orchestrator requirements and customer needs.
 - Operational excellence - Own the build and release pipeline (including Twoliter, the Bottlerocket build system), drive quality through automated testing, and support production rollouts.
 - Mentorship & technical leadership - Raise the bar through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers on systems programming best practices.


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