In-Memory Distributed Systems Engineer

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s In-Memory datastore team within ElastiCache is hiring engineers to design and build the next-generation in-memory NoSQL database platform. You will work on high-availability, scalable storage systems and contribute to real-time failure detection, auto-remediation, and observability.

The role emphasizes mentoring junior engineers and taking ownership of core components across distributed architectures using Java and C/C++ with open-source alternatives like Redis and Memcached.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience in design or architecture of large-scale systems with reliability and scalability.
• Experience programming with Java, C++, C#, or Perl.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the next-generation in-memory NoSQL database platform for high availability and scalability.
• Lead software development of large-scale distributed in-memory storage systems using Java and C/C++, Redis, Memcached, and internal technologies.
• Develop and operate HTTP/REST services and event-driven architectures; improve real-time failure detection and auto-remediation.

Skills

Java/C/C++/C#

Distributed systems

OO design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Amazon’s In-Memory datastore team within ElastiCache is hiring engineers to design and build the next-generation in-memory NoSQL database platform. You will work on high-availability, scalable storage systems and contribute to real-time failure detection, auto-remediation, and observability.

The role emphasizes mentoring junior engineers and taking ownership of core components across distributed architectures using Java and C/C++ with open-source alternatives like Redis and Memcached.