Sr. Software Dev Engineer, PostgreSQL Contributors

Amazon; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to join their innovative team. In this role, you'll work with cutting-edge technology, contributing to the PostgreSQL project at the core code level. Your expertise will help shape the future of database solutions in a collaborative environment. With a focus on mentorship and career growth, this position offers a unique opportunity to impact the cloud computing landscape while enjoying a supportive work-life balance. If you're passionate about open source and eager to drive meaningful change, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience leading design or architecture of systems.
• Recognized PostgreSQL community committer.

Responsibilities

• Author and commit PostgreSQL core database engine code.
• Discuss designs and bugs on PostgreSQL mailing lists.
• Contribute to open source PostgreSQL projects.

Skills

C Programming

PostgreSQL

Software Development Lifecycle

Mentoring

Design Patterns

System Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Sr. Software Dev Engineer, PostgreSQL Contributors

Job ID: 2884257 | Amazon Web Services Japan GK

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

The AWS RDS PostgreSQL Contributors team is looking for a remote Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to provide PostgreSQL database engine internals and community expertise. You will join a world-class team of engineers collaborating in the open with the PostgreSQL project.

You will contribute to open source PostgreSQL or related projects at the core project source code level (primarily C language), and while directly interacting with the PostgreSQL Development Group on the postgresql.org mailing lists (typically pgsql-hackers) or the equivalent for other projects. Your work will include, but is not limited to:

* Features
* Fixes
* Drivers
* Extensions
* Patch review
* Testing
* Security
* Performance
* Benchmarking
* Development/commitfest discussions


Key job responsibilities
Author, review, and commit/push PostgreSQL core database engine code to the central PostgreSQL open source git repository. Discuss designs, architecture, bugs, and other PostgreSQL community business on the public PostgreSQL mailing lists.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud

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
- Must be recognized as a PostgreSQL community committer (write access to the primary engine source code repository).

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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