Key job responsibilities
As a Graviton Software Developer, you will:
- Build software framework for tools to analyze performance of hardware and software components.
- Leverage existing perf tools like sysstat, sysctl, perf, etc.
- Automate the collection and analysis of processor, OS and workload performance data.
- Help external AWS customers and various internal AWS services like AWS Lambda, Elastic Map Reduce, ElastiCache, and RDS to troubleshoot bottlenecks and to optimize the architecture, algorithms, and deployment on Graviton.
- Work on Linux and other open source code, improving it and contributing the changes back to the community.
- Play an instrumental role in driving the AWS roadmap to deliver cost-effective and performant computing systems.
- Use and further develop your deep knowledge in areas including design, implementation, and data analysis.
- Have the opportunity to lead the innovation and deliver software that powers the world largest cloud provider.
- If you are already an open source developer or passionate about it, you will be able to continue your passion and contribute back to the community across all those projects.
A day in the life
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
About the team
The Graviton Software organization ports, optimizes, and develops software to drive down the cost of adoption and operation for the AWS Graviton instances. We pro-actively improve and upstream open source software, including Linux kernel, operating system, compilers, libraries, and applications. We help internal and external customers to troubleshoot and fix performance bottlenecks that prevent them from using Graviton. We develop tools to automate most of the heavy lifting and maintain publicly available documentation: Graviton Developer Guide on GitHub
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
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