$150K - 220K a year
Lead design and implementation of capacity planning services on AWS EC2 Nitro System, set engineering standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally.
Senior-level experience in software development with strong leadership, system architecture, automation, and collaboration skills in a cloud environment.
PawPrint is a critical AWS internal service that orchestrates compute capacity planning and delivery for regional expansions. As a Software Development Engineer, you will enhance this essential platform that serves over 1,500 AWS service teams in managing their capacity plans. You will build innovative features focus on automation and footprint optimization, directly contributing to AWS's ability to scale efficiently and meet growing customer demands. As a technical leader of the team, you will spearhead the development of next-generation services that revolutionize automated capacity planning and efficiency optimization. You'll have the unique opportunity to collaborate with various AWS service teams and work alongside Principal and Senior Principal Engineers, driving business impact through innovative solutions. Key job responsibilities • Lead the end-to-end design, scoping, implementation, and integration testing of new products and features that run on the EC2 Nitro System. • Set high standards for development processes, tools, and automation to enhance team productivity and quality. • Own the team architecture and define best engineering practices on design and coding. • Identify business problems and opportunities, and advocate for technical solutions that influences the technical roadmap for your team and partner teams. • Mentor engineers with scoping, design, and developing scalable and maintainable code. • Collaborate with Principal Engineers, Product Managers, Sr TPMs, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, system architectures, and implement robust and scalable solutions. About the team Why 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. 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. 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.
This job posting was last updated on 9/24/2025