Drive operational excellence, improving the quality of the hypervisor and our instance platforms.
Influence and contribute to the technological roadmap of your team.
Work with other EC2 teams like hardware, software and firmware groups across the globe, driving innovative solutions.
Openness to leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and technical problem-solving.
A day in the life
You will
Work with your manager and other engineers in delivering to the roadmap.
Focus on high quality delivery and operational excellence.
Solve technical challenges impacting our customers.
About the team
EC2 Core Compute has a two-fold mission
Leave no customer workload on-premises by engineering new EC2 instance families with latest generation of CPUs
Build the most secure, performant and feature-rich virtualization technology in the cloud.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Professional experience working on the Linux Kernel
Professional experience in C/C++ programming
Proficient in at least one CPU architecture such as x86 or ARM
Understanding of operating system internals
Extensive professional experience working on the Linux Kernel
Extensive professional experience in C programming
Professional experience working on a hypervisor, such as kvm, xen or hyper-v
Solid understanding of performance-critical areas of the Linux Kernel
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