Senior PostgreSQL Engineer – Managed DB Service (AWS)

Amazon; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 145,900 - 197,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

Amazon is hiring an experienced PostgreSQL engineer to design and operate our fully managed database service. You will work with customers to understand challenges, drive feature improvements, and ensure reliable, scalable performance of PostgreSQL workloads.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor others, and contribute to open-source discussions while extending knowledge to other database engines beyond PostgreSQL.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience with PostgreSQL.
• At least 5 years of operating PostgreSQL systems.
• Experience working with customers on how to best use PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to understand challenges, resolve critical escalations, and teach best practices.
• Act as the “voice of the customer” and bring learnings to the engineering process to design new features and plan end-to-end test scenarios.
• Actively drive feature enhancements, permanently resolve the root causes of issues, and improve the performance of our managed database service.
• Serve as the ultimate subject matter expert for all things databases, providing guidance to the development, support, account, and customer teams.
• Interact with the open-source community via forums, conferences, and code submissions.
• Extend knowledge to other database engines beyond PostgreSQL.

Skills

PostgreSQL experience

PostgreSQL operations

Customer engagement

Job description

Amazon is hiring an experienced PostgreSQL engineer to design and operate our fully managed database service. You will work with customers to understand challenges, drive feature improvements, and ensure reliable, scalable performance of PostgreSQL workloads.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor others, and contribute to open-source discussions while extending knowledge to other database engines beyond PostgreSQL.