Embedded Software Engineer

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Annapurna Labs, as part of AWS, is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to be part of defining, shaping and integrating solutions to next generation of our cloud platforms. As an Embedded Software Engineer in the ENA drivers team, you'll be at the forefront of creating high-performance networking solutions that enable exceptional bandwidth, low latency, and optimal packets-per-second (PPS) performance for AWS cloud infrastructure.

As an Embedded Software Engineer on the ENA team, you'll:
Design high-performance networking drivers optimizing bandwidth, latency, and PPS
Develop kernel and user-space drivers across Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD
Work with AWS proprietary tech and contribute to open-source projects
Interface with AWS Nitro controllers and virtual instances
Monitor cloud infrastructure health and maintain quality standards
Enhance open-source ENA drivers for AWS customers globally

Key job responsibilities
- Design and develop networking drivers for next-generation AWS nitro controllers.
- Optimize drivers for high network performance and low latency.
- Maintain and enhance drivers across multiple operating systems (Linux, Windows, DPDK, FreeBSD, MacOS and others).
- Shape software architecture and contribute to upstream open-source repositories.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external customers to resolve complex issues.
- Monitor cloud health and maintain exceptional quality standards.

About the team
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- Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of professional experience in SW development with strong hand-on experience in C development.
- Expertise in at least one of the following operating systems and solutions: Linux, Windows, DPDK, or FreeBSD.
- Experience with networking drivers development, understanding of the TCP/IP stack and experience with various networking protocols.

- Work with the open source community and contributions to open source code.
- Experience with real-time performance profiling and optimization.
- Experience with BPF programming.

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