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As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Key job responsibilities include:Take end to end ownership of the software development life cycle: You will build new solutions across the virtualization software stack; developing virtualization components and automating infrastructure flows. This includes design, testing and deployment. Drive operational excellence, improving the quality of the hypervisor and our instance platforms. Influence and contribute to the technological roadmap of your team. Work with other EC2 teams like hardware, software and firmware groups across the globe, driving innovative solutions. Openness to leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and technical problem-solving.A day in the life you will:Work with your manager and other engineers in delivering to the roadmap. Focus on high quality delivery and operational excellence. Solve technical challenges impacting our customers.About the team EC2 Core Compute has a two-fold mission:Leave no customer workload on-premises by engineering new EC2 instance families with latest generation of CPUs. Build the most secure, performant and feature-rich virtualization technology in the cloud.Basic qualifications include:Experience working with Linux. Experience in professional, non-internship software development, or experience in embedded development in C/C++. Experience in computer architecture, or experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems. Knowledge of UNIX/Linux operating system.Preferred qualifications include:4+ years of Linux operating systems experience. Experience with virtualization (Hypervisors, VMware, Xen), or experience in Linux/RHEL. 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