Software Development Engineer, Bespoke Solutions; ADC Hardware & Software Team

Summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud platform and infrastructure services provider developing AWS-owned hardware and software solutions. The company is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build, integrate, test, and deploy high-assurance embedded software for custom hardware and scalable 400G+ connectivity solutions. The role involves low-level driver development, cryptographic security implementation, cross-functional design collaboration, and hardware/software debugging.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software using Rust, and integrate with third party libraries to build end to end high assurance 400G+ solutions
• Develop low level drivers for ARM and RISC-V targets, Linux drivers and kernel modules, business logic, and scalable software solutions to interoperate with AWS services
• Implement cryptographic and security requirements from government standards into embedded software designs
• Implement keying functionality including key generation, establishment, distribution, storage, and zeroization in embedded software to meet government certification standards
• Collaborate with design and system engineers to perform tradeoffs and implement solutions for customers
• Participate in design meetings to plan development and review peer designs
• Write and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and hardware-in-the-loop tests using CI/CD pipelines
• Debug issues across the hardware/software boundary including RTL, firmware, and driver interactions

Skills

• • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• • 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• • 2+ years of experience with at least one system programming language such as C, C++, or Rust
• • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above
• • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• • 2+ years of embedded firmware development experience
• • 2+ years of experience in Rust
• • Strong knowledge of networking, security, and cryptographic algorithms and protocols; knowledge of government security implementation assurance standards, evaluation methodologies, and approval processes

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• • 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• • 2+ years of experience with at least one system programming language such as C, C++, or Rust
• • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

Nice to Haves

• • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• • 2+ years of embedded firmware development experience
• • 2+ years of experience in Rust
• • Strong knowledge of networking, security, and cryptographic algorithms and protocols; knowledge of government security implementation assurance standards, evaluation methodologies, and approval processes

Benefits

• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance
• Option for Supplemental life plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups
• Inclusion events
• Knowledge-sharing and mentorship
• Career-advancing resources
• Flexibility as part of the working culture