Sr. Software Development Engineer, Annapurna Labs

Sr. Software Development Engineer, Annapurna Labs

The AWS Cloud Storage offers a complete range of hardware and software for customers to store, access, govern, and analyze their data, reducing costs, increasing agility, and accelerating innovation.

AWS Cloud Storage team is hiring firmware engineers with a background in NVMe memory devices to solve our customers' toughest problems.

As a firmware engineer on the AWS Cloud Storage team, you will be a thought leader at the forefront of consumer storage and networking solutions. You should feel equally comfortable in server and embedded environments, possess a deep understanding of computer architecture, Linux OS, and programming sophisticated embedded devices.

Every day you will be working alongside brilliant engineers and leaders who obsess about performance, availability, scalability, and durability of customer data, with the ambitious goal of improving AWS' industry-leading product.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cutting-edge cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.

Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago—even yesterday. Our custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help our customers change the world.

Join us today and shape the future of one of AWS's fastest growing products!

Key job responsibilities
- Research, design, implement Firmware to support NVMe subsystem, DMA, and Crypto through specialized HW units in Nitro Cards.
- Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues across multiple layers from kernel to application.
- Profile system performance activity and drive optimizations across our software stack.
- Deliver production-quality code and support its operation in the production environment.

About the team
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. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
- 5+ years of experience with programming language: C or C++.
- 5+ years of experience in embedded Linux systems or NVMe Subsystem.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Experience with storage protocols ( PCIE/NVME/SATA/SCSI).
- Experience with Linux kernel.
- Experience with Device Driver in Embedded System.