Senior SW Engineer, Network Drivers

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

Working for Annapurna Labs is thrilling, fast-paced, and a constant learning experience. As an ENA Drivers SW development engineer, you will be responsible for developing kernel-space and user-space network drivers, running on the customers virtual machines. You will develop features for Annapurna Labs next-generation hardware to enable high network bandwidth and packets-per-seconds (PPS) performance with consistently low latency. As an ENA Drivers SW development engineer, you will play a key role in shaping SW designs, keep-up with new features and enhancements provided by various operating systems, and help resolve complex customer issues. You will continuously evolve technically, while working to monitor AWS cloud health, maintain high-quality standards, develop highly-optimized code, and provide exceptional customer satisfaction.

Annapurna Labs, as part of Web Services (AWS), develops innovative hardware and software for AWS cloud customers. Annapurna Labs is like a big start-up in AWS. We develop cutting-edge technologies, work with amazingly talented engineers, and truly shape the future. Thanks to our teams breadth of professional engineers, we have been able to improve AWS cloud networking infrastructure, with products such as Elastic Network Adapter (ENA). Our products are at the heart of the cloud, playing a key role, and used by millions and millions of customers!

ENA drivers are available for all supported operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows, DPDK, FreeBSD, MacOS, ) and run on the host virtual machine. The Linux, DPDK, and FreeBSD ENA drivers are open-source and available in the official drivers github and corresponding operating systems repositories. The ENA drivers are responsible to manage the interface between the Nitro controller and the virtual instance, manage resources and configurations, and implement various networking enhanced features. A SW engineer in ENA Drivers team will design, develop, and upstream new features for AWS Nitro servers, work with internal and external customers, and continuously invest efforts in maintaining high-quality operational bar.

To learn more about Annapurna Labs and get a feel of our products, you are welcome to watch the following videos:
- AWS re:Invent 2022 - Powering EC2: Deep dive on the AWS Nitro System (Ravi Murty)
- AWS re:Invent 2022 - Keynote with Peter DeSantis
- AWS re:Invent 2022 - Leaping ahead: The power of cloud network innovation (Dave Brown)
- Working in SW development at AWS