Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro High Memory and HPC team
Amazon Development Center U.S.
Santa Clara, CA · $165k–$224k a year · Posted November 1, 2026
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About the job
...performance across our product line. The Nitro Team is looking for engineers with systems knowledge and experience in area such as Linux OS... ...QUALIFICATIONS - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design...