Amazon

Software Dev Engineer I - Compiler, Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs

Amazon$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java, or Perl
  • Strong grasp of compiler design and optimization techniques
  • Knowledge of computer architecture, particularly ARM/AArch64
  • Experience in systems programming and performance profiling
  • Understanding of program analysis methods and transformations

Responsibilities

  • Optimize algorithms and architectures for enhanced performance
  • Identify performance bottlenecks using tools like Aperf and perf
  • Monitor and analyze performance metrics across systems
  • Contribute to improvements in the Linux kernel and other open-source projects
  • Enhance an open-source Rust-based performance tool
  • Develop automation solutions and performance analysis frameworks

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on impactful projects that influence AWS services
  • Potential for continuous learning in diverse technical areas
  • Engagement with an innovative team focused on performance optimization
  • Exposure to a variety of applications and open-source contributions
  • Environment that supports tackling ambiguous technical challenges
Full Job Description
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

A day in the life

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl

- Candidates should have strong interests and academic qualifications in two or more of the following:

- - Compiler design and optimization (e.g., LLVM, GCC internals, code generation, instruction selection)

- - Computer architecture (e.g., ARM/AArch64, pipelining, memory hierarchies, SIMD/vector extensions)

- - Systems programming (e.g., operating systems, linkers, runtimes, performance profiling)

- - Program analysis and transformation (e.g., loop optimization, register allocation, auto-vectorization)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent, or experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience

- Experience contributing to open-source compiler projects (LLVM, GCC, or similar).

- Familiarity with performance profiling and micro-architectural optimization on ARM-based processors.

- Knowledge of optimization techniques such as polyhedral models, linear programming, or graph-based scheduling.

- Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.

- Comfort with ambiguous or undefined problems and ability to think abstractly.

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