Cloud-Scale Database Systems Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); East Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in East Palo Alto is seeking experienced software engineers to build hyper-scale distributed systems for AWS database services. You will own design and implementation of significant storage and service components powering Amazon Aurora.

We value deep technical expertise across multi-tier architectures, strong communication, and delivery focus. The role involves hands-on coding in C++, Java, or similar languages and mentoring other engineers in a fast-moving,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for large-scale systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related experience.
• 1+ years of distributed, multi-threaded or large-scale software applications experience, in C#/C++/Java/Perl.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design and optimize large-scale distributed systems components.
• Contribute to cloud database services powering AWS Aurora.
• Mentor other engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Software development

System design

Object oriented design

Programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in East Palo Alto is seeking experienced software engineers to build hyper-scale distributed systems for AWS database services. You will own design and implementation of significant storage and service components powering Amazon Aurora.

We value deep technical expertise across multi-tier architectures, strong communication, and delivery focus. The role involves hands-on coding in C++, Java, or similar languages and mentoring other engineers in a fast-moving,