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# Sr. Software Engineer - EC2 Windows OS Technologies team, EC2 Windows

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $193,300.0 - $261,500.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Backup Devices, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Software Design Patterns, File Systems, Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Machine Learning, Public Key Infrastructure, Windows PowerShell, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, System Software, Virtualization Technology, Rust (Programming Language), High Performance Computing, Information Technology, Build Process, U-Boot, Software Coding, Software Performance, Software Version Control, Nvme, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27917939/Sr-Software-Engineer-Ec2-Windows-Os-Technologies-Team-Ec2-Windows-California-Santa-Clara-7375

## 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
 - BS in CS/EE or related field with 10+ years of experience
 - MS/PhD in CS/EE or related field with 8+ years of experience.
 - Proficient in C/C++
 - Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, system architecture, software engineering basics
 - 5+ years of experience in developing Windows user-mode or kernel-mode drivers
 - Familiar with at least one Windows driver development model, such as MiniPort, NDIS, StorPort, WDM, WDF etc
 - Deep understanding into OS level, familiar with either Windows or Linux kernels
 - Prior experience with at least one full software development cycle from architect, design, code, review, verification, automation, debugging / system-level troubleshooting, release / maintenance
 - Good communication skills in both verbal and written forms, 5+ 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
 - Programming experience with other higher level languages, like PowerShell, Python, Rust, Golang etc
 - Knowledge in storage stack, familiar with NVMe protocol, Windows file system, storage space, S2D.
 - Knowledge about Virtualization technologies, Cloud-computing concepts
 - Knowledge about OS boot up sequences
 - Knowledge about security concepts, like TLS, PKI, attestation, Signing, Encryption, Certificate, TPM, Secure Boot, TEE
 - Knowledge about CPU technologies, like Intel SGX, Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, ARM CCA
 - Experience with software performance, scale, or/and stress testing
 - Knowledge or experience with software performance evaluation or benchmarking
 - Comfortable in a fast-paced, start-up like environment
 - Passion to work with mission critical services and deliver the best to customers

## Description

This team and the role would be a good fit for you if you feel excited about the following

 * innovate and come up with a vision to bring the best system software to enterprise customers
 * improve the CI/CD process across multiple services/pipelines to increase development velocity
 * work collaboratively with team and other teams on solution development of both user and kernel space applications
 * work with Principal / Sr. Principals and Product management team to define solution technical roadmap
 * analyze business requirements and provide solution design with estimated work effort
 * create architecture design with resilience, scalability, and performance
 * assure the highest quality bar relentlessly with software development best practices
 * participate design and code review and provide insightful suggestions across products and/or teams
 * mentor junior team members and develop the best
 * participate in Agile development process and influence the process refinery

A day in the life
As a software development engineer, your daily tasks may include the following

 * Participate regularly in stand-ups and team meetings
 * Review design docs, code changes from team peers
 * Design, implement, and deploy the new software solution assigned to you or owned by team
 * Improve existing automation processes
 * Go through backlogs related with products you or team own
 * Participate in oncall rotation
 * Have fun and learn new AWS services and Windows technologies.

About the team
The EC2 Windows OST (OS Technologies) team owns the fundamental OS level software and services which enable the EC2 Windows offerings. We bring innovations to Windows OS so that Windows instances and enterprise workloads can perform best on AWS EC2 platforms. These innovations include but not limited to kernel drivers, user applications, and machine learning powered troubleshooting services. We also make efforts to provide fundamental support for other AWS teams to enable their services like Backup, High performance computing, Security and many others


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