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 3 years, Graviton has powered the majority of new
EC2 capacity and is used by over 98% 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.
This doesn’t mean you have or will have all those skills, but you’ll have a chance to learn from those who do. This is a unique opportunity to impact how software runs in
AWS, while growing your technical breadth and depth.
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
- Optimize software performance for
AWS customers and
AWS services (such as
S3,
Lambda, EMR, ElastiCache, RDS ..etc)
Open Source Development
- Contribute to Linux kernel improvements
- Contribute to various other open source projects
- Develop analysis frameworks and automation systems
Tool(s) Development
- Enhance APerf (our open-source
Rust-based performance tool)
- Create new performance analysis features
- Build and maintain automation solutions
- Are 18 years of age or older
- Experience with at least one modern language such as
Java,
Python,
C++, or
C# including object-oriented design
- Experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as
Java,
Python,
C++,
C#,
Go,
Rust, or
TypeScript- Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles
- Experience from a technical internship
- Experience in optimization mathematics such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization
- Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases
- Work 40 hours/week, and overtime as required
- Experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience
- Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably
AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systems
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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, TX, Austin - 110,500.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually