Senior Software Development Engineer, Aurora PostgreSQL (AWS)

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 168,100 - 227,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Comprehensive health insurance

401(k) matching

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.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Leadership

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL internals

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer, Aurora PostgreSQL

Job ID: 10398787 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Are you interested in building hyper‑scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way databases are built for the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?

Amazon Aurora is an exciting new area of innovation for AWS, and the PostgreSQL‑compatible edition of Amazon Aurora is built on one of the most active code bases in the open source community. The PostgreSQL‑compatible version of Amazon Aurora is a relational database which offers enterprise‑class performance, availability and durability to our customers, along with the management benefits of RDS. We are one of the fastest growing businesses within Amazon Web Services. Our teams are currently spread across Seattle, Boston and Bangalore.

If you’re an engineer who is looking to grow, come on board! We have one of the most senior teams in AWS – and our senior engineers are eager to brainstorm, mentor, and get software built together. We build software, we patent new things, and we attend conferences around the world to learn even more. We have challenging problems to solve in distributed systems, concurrency, database internals, caching, query optimization, languages, and performance engineering.

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Engine team is looking for experienced technical experts in relational databases and large‑scale storage system technologies, who are excited about building large‑scale database systems that run across thousands of servers across multiple datacenters worldwide. These are core systems development positions where you will own the design and development of significant system software components critical to our industry‑leading database services architected for the cloud. You will be part of the team that architects, designs, and implements highly scalable distributed database systems that provide availability, reliability and performance guarantees. This is a hands‑on position where you will be asked to do everything from building rock‑solid components to mentoring other engineers. You need to not only be a top software developer and systems designer with a good track record of delivering, but also excel in communication, leadership and customer focus. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software expertise and ability to deliver a service that has a broad business impact.

We intend to be the world's best and fastest database, built by an excellent team, all while having fun – come join us on the journey! For more information about Aurora, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora.

Key job responsibilities

• Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack.
• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
• Build high‑quality, highly available, always‑on products.
• Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers.

A day in the life

• Build high‑impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
• Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work cross‑functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.
• Work in a startup‑like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• PostgreSQL internals knowledge.

Benefits and Compensation

Base salary range: 168,100.00 – 227,400.00 USD annually in Redmond, WA. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and supplemental life plans), EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.