Principal Software Engineer, Database Migration Service

Principal Software Engineer, Database Migration Service

Job ID: 3108787 | Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited

The AWS DMS organization is looking for a strong Principal Software Development Engineer with expertise in building distributed, scalable systems to help customers easily and efficiently migrate data to AWS cloud. The ideal candidate should have experience designing scalable, customer‑centric systems and a passion for delivering data replication software solutions. Along with senior leaders, principal engineers, and security specialists you will discover and solve the new interesting challenges of growing and operating a globally distributed suite of services and solutions.

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.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Building a highly‑scalable, high‑volume, low‑latency data movement, replication and migration service.
• Owning the definition of best practices for the software development lifecycle used by senior engineers, including its design, implementation, testing, and operational characteristics.
• Working as part of cross‑function teams to develop secure solutions for our customers.
• Owning the technology stack for one of the most secure and reliable services in all of AWS.
• Communicating with influential customers to both explain the technology and understand requirements.

A Day in the Life

• Serve as a technical lead on our most demanding, cross‑functional projects.
• Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight‑forward solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations.
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry prior experience in design decisions.
• Effectively research and benchmark Amazon technology against other competing systems in the industry.
• Contribute intellectual property through patents.
• Excellent presentation and writing skills to communicate and collaborate across AWS and customers.
• Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.
• You are a leader, builder and operator. You have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous product development efforts and/or IT projects and initiatives. You are able to balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology. You’ll strive for simplicity and will demonstrate significant creativity.

About the Team

Amazon 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.

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.

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.

Inclusive Team Culture: Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and 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.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• Experience creating architectural vision
• Experience designing and building large‑scale systems in a multi‑tiered, distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• 15+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience

Equal Opportunity

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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