Senior Software Development Engineer, Data Center Builder Tools (Rust/Embedded Systems)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

AWS Infrastructure Services designs, delivers, and operates global cloud infrastructure, including data centers and their industrial control systems.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end architecture of real-time middleware and controls across embedded or edge controllers and the cloud.
• Define technical strategy for industrial protocol integrations, device drivers, communication patterns, and cloud services.
• Establish edge-to-cloud contracts for telemetry, metrics, and commands, including delivery guarantees and failure semantics.
• Lead cross-team work across software, hardware, controls, security, and operations.
• Set standards for testing, benchmarking, operational excellence, and code quality.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, participate in hiring, and resolve high-impact protocol, performance, and cross-language data-exchange problems.

Requirements

• Professional, non-internship software development experience.
• Experience contributing to architecture and design of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• Experience as a mentor, technical lead, or engineering team leader.
• Experience in embedded development with C/C++.
• Programming experience in at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
• Proficiency in embedded Rust, or strong modern C/C++ embedded experience with demonstrated willingness and ability to work in Rust.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience with the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience writing low-level drivers.
• Experience with industrial protocols such as Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, PROFINET, and OPC-UA.
• Experience with middleware such as ROS2 or Zenoh.
• Experience with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, FlatBuffers, or similar RPC and serialization frameworks.
• Experience with simulation or visualization tools such as Omniverse or Foxglove.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a diverse group of software, hardware, network, supply chain, security, and operations specialists.
• Collaborate across AWS to deliver safe, secure, reliable, and efficient data centers.
• Inclusive culture that supports bold ideas, ownership, and diverse hiring.
• Workplace accommodation or adjustment support is available during recruiting, interviews, and onboarding.