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Sr Software Engineer, Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs

Amazon, San Francisco, CA, United States


Sr Software Engineer, Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs
This opportunity is open for Austin, TX.

The AWS Graviton Software team is seeking Software Engineers to optimize performance for AWS Graviton.

Graviton delivers the best price/performance in AWS data centers. For the past two years, Graviton has powered the majority of new EC2 capacity and is used by over 90% of our largest customers.

You’ll drive performance optimization across open source projects, internal services, and customer applications, working on everything from Linux kernel development to C++/Rust debugging to assembly-level optimization. Our team optimizes a diverse range of applications including databases, web services, games, video encoding, ML, and HPC workloads.

Key job responsibilities

Performance Optimization & Analysis – Enhance architectures and algorithms for optimal performance, use tools like Aperf, sysstat, sysctl, perf to identify bottlenecks, monitor and analyze processor, OS, and workload metrics, and optimize software performance for AWS customers and services such as S3, Lambda, EMR, ElastiCache, RDS, etc.

Open Source Development – Contribute to Linux kernel improvements, contribute to various other open-source projects, and develop analysis frameworks and automation systems.

Tool Development – Enhance APerf (our open-source Rust-based performance tool), create new performance analysis features, and build and maintain automation solutions.

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.

5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.

5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.

5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

USA, TX, Austin – 168,100.00 – 227,400.00 USD annually

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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