Software Development Engineer, Bottlerocket

Salary: $143,400 - 143,400 per year Requirements:

• We require 3+ years of professional software development experience outside of internships.
• We require 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture, including reliability and scaling of new or existing systems.
• We require 1+ years of experience as a software development engineer or in a closely related role.
• We require 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications, tools, systems, or services.
• We require experience working with at least one programming language.
• We require a bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• We prefer 3+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• We prefer a bachelors degree in computer science or an equivalent background.

• We design, implement, and maintain Rust-based operating system components, including system services, API servers, and update infrastructure for Bottlerocket.
• We own features from design through production and drive results independently on ambiguous challenges.
• We contribute to and maintain open-source code on GitHub, taking part in public code reviews and community interaction.
• We investigate and resolve complex systems issues across kernel, userspace, container runtimes, and orchestrator integrations such as EKS and ECS.
• We build and improve CI/CD pipelines, release tooling, and automated testing frameworks that support safe and rapid OS delivery.
• We strengthen security defaults and add OS-level protections that reduce operational overhead while preserving flexibility.
• We collaborate with EKS, ECS, and security teams to design integrations and align on container host requirements.
• We mentor engineers through code reviews, design input, and technical guidance to raise team quality.
• We participate in on-call rotations and operational excellence practices that support production container infrastructure at scale.
• We write technical design documents, contribute to roadmap planning, and communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.

• API
• CI/CD
• Embedded
• GitHub
• Support
• Rust
• Security
• AWS
• C#
• C++
• Cloud
• Java
• Linux
• Perl

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We are hiring for our Bottlerocket team, where we build and maintain Bottlerocket, AWSs open-source, security-first container operating system used by thousands of customers to run production workloads at massive scale. Our team works openly on GitHub and ships systems software that runs on millions of hosts worldwide, covering OS services, container runtime integrations, update mechanisms, and support for EKS and ECS. This is a highly open and collaborative environment with real low-level engineering, strong community involvement, and meaningful infrastructure work that customers rely on for their most important workloads. We offer comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, sign-on payments, restricted stock units, and additional support programs. The position is based in Seattle, Washington, with a listed base salary of 143,400.00 USD annually.

last updated 37 week of 2026