Software Development Engineer II, AWS Transit Gateway

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services is looking for an experienced software development engineer with a passion for high-performance packet processing and data plane operations. This role is at the heart of AWS networking infrastructure, working on critical systems that enable secure and efficient network connectivity at scale.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance packet processing systems
- Optimize network data plane operations for maximum throughput and minimal latency
- Develop and maintain low-level networking code dealing with packet encapsulation, routing, and forwarding
- Troubleshoot complex networking issues at the packet level
- Implement and optimize network security features
- Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- Experience with DPDK or similar network acceleration framework
- Knowledge of network virtualization technologies
- Background in network security
- Experience with high-performance computing
- Understanding of AWS networking services
- Track record of delivering large-scale networking solutions

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