Senior Network Software Engineer , SRD Annapurna Labs

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Annapurna Labs, as part of AWS, is looking for a Senior Network SW Engineer to join the SW group and take a major part in redefining the future of AWS cloud.

We’re searching for engineers with a passion for networking to develop SRD (Scalable Reliable Datagram). SRD is a high-performance, low-latency transport protocol used within Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure to optimize network performance. SRD powers several high-impact, cutting-edge products, including on-demand ML and HPC platforms leveraging EFA, next-generation storage services built on EBS, and the future of AWS network traffic.

Are you ready to join the future?

* “The Tail at AWS Scale” paper (2024): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10636119

* “A Cloud-Optimized Transport Protocol for Elastic and Scalable HPC“ paper (2020): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9167399 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9167399

Key job responsibilities

As a Senior Network Software Engineer on SRD team, your primary role will be to develop and optimize the implementation of SRD technology across AWS's network infrastructure. Your responsibilities will encompass designing, deploying, and maintaining SRD code-base, ensuring its reliability and scalability to accommodate the demands of various applications. An essential part of your role will involve conducting extensive network simulations to evaluate system performance under different conditions, enabling you to identify potential bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Using these simulations, you will troubleshoot network issues and implement robust solutions, leading to minimal data loss and latency. Leveraging your in-depth understanding of network protocols and AWS infrastructure, you'll refine and improve the SRD system's performance. Furthermore, you will be expected to mentor junior team members, leading projects to advance the SRD capabilities within the AWS environment. Staying updated with the latest industry trends and incorporating them into strategic network service planning.

Basic qualifications

- Bachelor’s (or higher) Degree in Computer Science (CS), Electrical Engineering (EE) or related area.

- 8+/10+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

Preferred qualifications

- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

- Data-center Networking

- Network related simulators

- Large-scale distributed environments

- Storage and/or Transport protocols

- Real-Time development

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