Database Engineer

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Database Engineer to join their Central Support Team. This role involves designing, developing, and managing high-availability databases. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with RDS, SQL, and various programming languages. Join a dynamic environment and contribute to innovative solutions that power a global fulfillment network.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a DBA or Database Engineer.
• 3+ years of experience with RDS, Redshift, or other RDBMS systems.
• 1+ years experience with DynamoDB or other relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to deploy new databases.
• Support deployed software operationally and automate fixes.
• Engage with internal teams for integration.

Skills

UNIX shell scripting

SQL

Python

Ruby

Java

Perl

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

RDS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DynamoDB

NoSQL

AWS

CI/CD tools

Job description

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics - Central Support Team is currently looking for a Database Engineer position for its Hyderabad, India office to design, develop, and manage persistence solutions that serve and support FTR needs. The database engineer will be part of the worldwide operations team and responsible for designing, managing, and maintaining highly complex, confidential, mission-critical, and high-availability databases in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

A typical day involves collaborating with other engineers to deploy new databases through our automated systems, supporting your deployed software operationally, automating fixes for operational issues, leveraging AWS services for design solutions, and engaging with internal teams for integration.

You will be part of a world-class, inclusive environment with an entrepreneurial start-up feel. This role offers the opportunity to operate and engineer systems at a massive scale and gain experience in DB storage technologies.

About the team

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics (FTR) powers Amazon’s global fulfillment network by inventing and delivering software, hardware, and data science solutions that coordinate processes, robots, machines, and people. We integrate the physical and virtual worlds to ensure Amazon customers receive their orders promptly.

The Platform Engineering Database Engineering Team is responsible for engineering, architecture, operations, support, and scaling of databases for Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT), SCOT (Supply Chain Optimization Technologies), WWCR (Worldwide Customer Returns), Gift Cards, and Amazon Payments systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience as a DBA, Database Engineer, or similar role.
• 3+ years of experience with RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL), Redshift, and/or other RDBMS systems.
• Experience with UNIX shell scripting and SQL, and 2+ years in database migrations, object creation in SQL, NoSQL technologies.
• 1+ years experience with DynamoDB, NoSQL databases, or other relational databases like RDS, PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in at least one procedural language such as Python, Ruby, Java, Perl.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience supporting large-scale, high-availability systems in production.
• Contributed to architecture and design of systems, focusing on reliability and scalability.
• Experience with AWS services such as IAM, EC2, S3, CLI, SDK.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools, development lifecycle, and best practices for coding, reviews, source control, build, testing, and operations.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, Go, ReactJS.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, proactive attitude.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

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