Senior Aurora PostgreSQL Engineer - Cloud DB Systems Leader

Amazon

Redmond (WA)

On-site

USD 168,100 - 227,400

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Aurora PostgreSQL team. You will work on distributed database systems that span thousands of servers, architects, designs and builds core services, and mentors junior engineers.

This role emphasizes performance, reliability and scale for cloud database services. You will collaborate across teams to deliver rock‑solid components, lead design discussions, and drive architecture decisions that impact AWS customers worldwide.

Qualifications

7+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
7+ years of programming with at least one language.
5+ years of leading design or architecture of systems.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or engineering team leader.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Solve challenging technical problems at every layer of the stack.
Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain software to improve performance, durability, cost and security.
Build high‑quality, highly available, always‑on products.
Research implementations for the best possible experiences for customers.