Principal Engineer, EC2

As a Principal Engineer on EC2 in the Accelerated Nitro team at Amazon Web Services, you will lead the development of next-generation EC2 instance families and drive innovations in virtualization, hardware acceleration, and cloud computing. The role focuses on building highly efficient and secure hypervisors, integrating advanced hardware accelerators like GPUs and FPGAs into EC2 instance families. You'll be responsible for spearheading the design and architecture of new EC2 instance features, from CPU scheduling and memory management to device emulation and PCIe subsystem integration. The position requires expertise in low-level system software, hardware acceleration, and cloud infrastructure, along with strong leadership abilities. Based in Berlin, Germany, you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to shape the future of cloud computing technology. The EC2 Accelerated Nitro team's mission is to build the most feature-rich virtualization platform in the cloud and enable customers to run any workload with unparalleled performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. You'll drive technical excellence across multiple high-impact initiatives, collaborate with internal teams and external partners, and contribute to strategic planning that shapes the future of AWS infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology while mentoring and developing engineering talent in a fast-paced, innovative environment.