You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
A successful candidate is comfortable in a leadership role and seeks to mentor and grow less experienced engineers on the team. You understand customer obsession and live and breathe operational excellence. You know when to partner with and influence other teams to deliver results. You will emphasize hiring and developing the best talent at AWS. This particular role will “float” across three two-pizza teams specializing in the connection tracking abilities of this networking platform. This is a critical role that dives deep into the intricacies of how a large-scale, distributed, software-defined network reliably tracks and load balances TCP flows.
Ready to make a durable mark on the computer industry? Come join us for this unique opportunity that blends leadership, technology, and accelerating customer growth!
Key job responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable distributed systems that power AWS EC2's network virtualization infrastructure, ensuring low-latency and high-throughput performance for millions of customer workloads
Lead technical design and architecture decisions for critical components of the Hyperplane platform, including packet processing, network policy enforcement, and traffic management systems
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance, raising the engineering bar across the team
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including network engineering, security, and product management to deliver customer-facing features and improvements
Optimize system performance through profiling, benchmarking, and implementing improvements to meet stringent latency and throughput requirements
Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex production issues, and drive operational excellence initiatives to improve system reliability and availability
Contribute to long-term technical strategy and roadmap planning, identifying opportunities for innovation and architectural improvements
Write high-quality, maintainable code in languages such as C++, Rust, or Java, following best practices for testing, documentation, and deployment
A day in the life
You might start your morning reviewing a design proposal for the new greenfield system, providing feedback that shapes the architecture before code is written. After a stand-up with your team, you spend focused time writing or reviewing code for a distributed state-tracking component. In the afternoon, you pair with a teammate to debug a tricky concurrency issue, then join a cross-team sync to align on an upcoming integration. Throughout the day, you balance hands-on technical work with coaching conversations that help the team grow.
About the team
The Hyperplane team builds and operates the foundational network virtualization platform that powers Amazon EC2. Our systems process trillions of packets daily, providing secure network isolation, policy enforcement, and traffic management for millions of customer instances across AWS regions. We are in a period of deliberate investment — rebuilding our team with experienced technical leaders, expanding into generative AI, and planning a greenfield rewrite of a critical system. It is a rare opportunity to join at a moment when you can directly influence the team's culture, technical direction, and long-term roadmap.
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
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
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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.
USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
