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Software Dev Engineer I - Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs

Amazon$110K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with modern programming languages like Java, Python, C++, or C#
  • Familiarity with general-purpose languages such as Go, Rust, or TypeScript
  • Understanding of data structures and basic algorithms
  • Ability to apply object-oriented design principles
  • Experience in optimization mathematics is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Enhance architectures and algorithms for better performance
  • Identify bottlenecks using tools like Aperf and perf
  • Analyze processor, OS, and workload metrics for optimization
  • Optimize performance for AWS services and customer applications
  • Contribute to improvements in the Linux kernel and other open-source projects
  • Develop automation frameworks for performance analysis
  • Enhance performance tools and create new features

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Mental health support services
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and adoption reimbursement coverage
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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

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

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