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AWS Networking builds the infrastructure that powers every customer workload in the cloud. We are seeking a hands-on Software Development Manager to lead the ENA Express team.
ENA Express is a next-generation EC2 networking feature that leverages the Scalable Reliable Datagram (SRD) protocol - developed by AWS - to deliver industry-leading networking performance: dramatically lower tail latency, higher bandwidth utilization, and consistent packet delivery at scale.
Key job responsibilities
• The team under your leadership will design and develop features across the AWS Networking software stack on Nitro Cards.
• Together with the team you'll deep-dive into ENA Express and the underlying SRD protocol and L3/L4 networking to optimize packet delivery, reduce tail latency, and improve bandwidth utilization.
• You'll collaborate with hardware and firmware partners to define software/hardware interfaces and surface programmable capabilities to the software layer
• You'll partner with EC2 platform and service teams to integrate ENA Express features into the broader AWS networking ecosystem
• You'll mentor junior and mid-level engineers, lead design reviews, and champion engineering best practices across the team
• You'll drive operational excellence: build observability, contribute to on-call health, and lead incident response and post-mortems
About the team
The organization you would be joining is Annapurna Labs, an integral part of AWS that develops hardware and software components that are critical building blocks for EC2 infrastructure. Every instance in EC2 is running some type of hardware designed by Annapurna Labs. We specialize in designing software, systems, and chips that optimize the AWS customer experience.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- 3+ years of C or C++ or Rust development experience
- 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience, maintaining active programming proficiency
- Hands-on experience with Network packet processing, embedded environment (on NIC development)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, Cupertino - 212,700.00 - 287,700.00 USD annually