Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Data Governance

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

East Palo Alto (CA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 320,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build large-scale distributed systems for AWS Lake Formation, solving data governance challenges. You will translate requirements into extensible code, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Glue, S3, and Athena to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

Join a team that values operational excellence and the full software development lifecycle, with opportunities to influence architecture and drive best practices across

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of leading system design and architecture.
  • Proficiency in parallel computing, memory management, and software engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Translate technical requirements into extensible code.
  • Mentor engineers and guide design reviews.
  • Collaborate with partner teams like Glue, S3, and Athena.

Skills

Distributed Systems
Big Data
Serverless Architecture
Software Architecture
System Design
Parallel Computing
Memory Management
Code Review
Mentoring
Full Software Development Life Cycle
Operational Excellence
Data Governance
Data Management
Scalability
Reliability Engineering

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build large-scale distributed systems for AWS Lake Formation, solving data governance challenges. You will translate requirements into extensible code, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Glue, S3, and Athena to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

Join a team that values operational excellence and the full software development lifecycle, with opportunities to influence architecture and drive best practices across

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