Senior Software Dev Engineer , AWS Elastic Container Service
Core
Lead system design and technical direction for low-latency container startup at massive scale, working deep in the Linux kernel, container runtimes, OS, and networking layers.
Role type
Senior IC systems engineer (container infrastructure)
Builds
Foundational container compute infrastructure (ECS/Fargate)
Domain
Cloud infrastructure + container orchestration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
System design, architecture leadership, Linux kernel programming, container runtime internals, networking stack, team mentorship, operational excellence
Preferred skills
Full SDLC experience, AWS cloud infrastructure, container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)
Technologies
Linux kernel, containerd, runc, Bottlerocket, AWS ECS, Fargate
Responsibilities
Own architecture and roadmap for container start-up optimization, drive system design across runtime/OS/networking layers, mentor and grow engineering team, collaborate with leadership on Fargate performance, ensure operational practices (monitoring, telemetry, root cause analysis)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
