Software Development Engineer III, Transactional Data Storage

Natural Factors; Vancouver; On-site; USD 150,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Software Development Engineer to join their Transactional Data Storage team. This role involves building and operating large-scale document storage systems and managing data transformations. You will work alongside Principal Engineers to enhance the performance and reliability of critical data platforms that support billions of transactions daily. If you have a strong background in distributed systems and a commitment to operational excellence, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment where innovation thrives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience in leading design or architecture of systems.
• Mentoring and leading engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate large document storage and data transformations.
• Develop cost-effective storage solutions with advanced management.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers on system design.

Skills

Software Development

Distributed Systems

Database Systems

Design Patterns

Technical Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Source Control Management

Build Processes

Testing Frameworks

Job description

Software Development Engineer III, Transactional Data Storage

Amazon

USD 150,000 - 252,000

The Transactional Data Storage org builds data platforms which are at the core of Amazon’s consumer and digital businesses. Our OLTP storage platform, Sable, processes billions of transactions every day around the globe. We own multiple tier-1/mission-critical services fueling the growth of Amazon businesses to store customer orders, catalog and product information, shopping cart, Kindle device information, and hundreds of other business critical data-sets. The performance and availability of our platform is critical to the reliability of the Amazon brand. We run some of the largest fleets and the highest throughput services at Amazon. We partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage technologies built for cloud customers, and to offer technologies we invent through AWS channels to the broader market.

We are looking for a passionate engineer who understands distributed systems at scale and is interested to learn about database systems from database engine design to operating a tier-1 flagship product. This engineer will work with Principal Engineers and lead their team to build and operate large document storage, data transformations and data tiering capabilities. You will build regionally flexible, cost effective storage with advanced management capabilities. An engineer in this role will have strong sense of ownership, high bar for operational excellence and proven record of solving hard technical problems from design to delivery.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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