AmazonSoftware Dev Engineer I, Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs
Amazon is hiring a Software Dev Engineer I, Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs in Austin, United States. It pays $129k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions C, Rust and Linux among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a junior role.
- Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
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Software Development Engineer optimizing software performance, algorithms, and Linux kernel execution for AWS Graviton processors.
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 ABench, 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 ABench (our internal benchmarking tool)
Create new performance analysis features
Build and maintain automation solutions
Basic qualifications
- Are 18 years of age or older
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Work 40 hours/week, and overtime as required
- Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases
- Experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The starting pay for this position is listed below. Starting Day 1 of employment, Amazon offers EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, 401(k) matching. Learn more about our benefits at https://hiring.amazon.com/why-amazon/benefits.
Austin, TX, USA - 129,000.00 USD Annually
How we rate this
Software Dev Engineer I, Graviton Software, Annapurna Labs at Amazon rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where performance optimization was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where kernel development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where benchmarking was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where algorithms was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used C in your day-to-day work.
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