Senior Distributed SQL Storage Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a senior software engineering leader to design and implement distributed data and transaction management systems. You will mentor teams, drive architecture decisions, and deliver high-impact cloud features.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, leadership, and collaboration across fast-moving teams within AWS. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits accompany this opportunity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and deliver state-of-the-art distributed data and transaction management processing algorithms.
• Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available, fault-tolerant cloud system.

Skills

Years of experience (non-internship)

Programming languages experience

System design leadership

Mentor / tech lead experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a senior software engineering leader to design and implement distributed data and transaction management systems. You will mentor teams, drive architecture decisions, and deliver high-impact cloud features.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, leadership, and collaboration across fast-moving teams within AWS. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits accompany this opportunity.