Sr. Software Development Engineer, Nitro SSD
Amazon · Cupertino, CA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Cupertino, CA. The posting calls out experience with C, AWS, Embedded Systems, Cloud Computing. Compensation is listed at $193,300–$261,500 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Cupertino, CA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- Apr 20, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering is a fast growing and leading-edge research and development team that creates enterprise compute and storage server designs for our innovative web service and e-commerce technology platforms. Our designs are industry-leading in terms of performance, frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the hundreds of thousands of customers who use utility computing today. Our Firmware Engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies. The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative self-starter. You will be an SSD firmware expert with experience in making architectural tradeoffs to optimize SSD performance for a variety of use cases. You will work with engineers across the company as well as external companies and lead firmware development efforts on custom solid-state devices. You will collaborate with internal and external development engineers (architecture, hardware, validation, software services). AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology – come help us make history! What you will do: You will be a member of a team designing AWS-specific hardware, firmware and software for…