Principal Engineer, EC2

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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Mental health support

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Childcare support

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Principal From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Equity

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About this role

Principal Engineer, EC2 Berlin, Berlin, DEU As a Principal Engineer on EC2 in the Accelerated Nitro team, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the core infrastructure powering Amazon Web Services. You will be at the forefront of developing the next generation of EC2 instance families, driving innovations in virtualization, hardware acceleration, and cloud computing. The EC2 Accelerated Nitro team focuses on building highly efficient and secure hypervisors, as well as integrating advanced hardware accelerators like GPUs and FPGAs into the EC2 instance families. This enables us to deliver near bare-metal performance and support a wide range of workloads, from machine learning and high-performance computing to graphics processing. In this role, you will: - Lead the Development of Core EC2 Capabilities: Spearhead the design and architecture of new EC2 instance features, from CPU scheduling and memory management to device emulation and PCIe subsystem integration. Your technical guidance will shape the roadmap and implementation across multiple global teams. - Advance Virtualization Security: Drive security-focused initiatives that enhance the integrity and resilience of our virtualization platform, ensuring the highest standards of data protection for our customers. - Mentor and Grow Engineering Talent: Leverage your deep technical expertise to develop other engineers, providing architecture reviews, design proposals, and hands-on coding support to elevate the skills of the broader team. - Influence the Future of Cloud Computing: Contribute your thinking to shape the technological direction of EC2 instances and features, advocating for innovative solutions that deliver exceptional performance and value

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