Senior Software Dev Engineer, EC2 Spot
Core
Design and deliver software systems for EC2 Spot, a cost-effective compute solution enabling customers to access spare AWS capacity at up to 90% discount.
Role type
Senior IC software development engineer (systems architecture & capacity economics)
Builds
EC2 Spot capacity allocation, pricing models, and demand-shaping mechanisms
Domain
Cloud infrastructure / Compute economics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
distributed systems design, system architecture, multi-engineer project leadership, technical mentorship, code quality & operational practices, trade-off analysis, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
econometrics, economic theory, quantitative methods, forecasting, time series analysis
Technologies
AWS EC2, distributed systems frameworks, programming languages (unspecified)
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex systems; own team architecture and provide system-wide design guidance; partner with economists and product managers to shape capacity allocation and pricing; mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices; debug distributed systems issues and drive architectural improvements; conduct design reviews and align on long-term technical direction
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities