Senior Software Engineer, Distributed DB Systems (DSQL)

Amazon Inc.; 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 Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Software Dev Engineer for the Aurora DSQL initiative. You will tackle complex distributed systems challenges, design and deploy scalable database technology, and influence product direction.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. You will work with Rust, CDK, and large-scale data services, delivering high-performance software across the stack while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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.
• 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.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Architecture leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Software Dev Engineer for the Aurora DSQL initiative. You will tackle complex distributed systems challenges, design and deploy scalable database technology, and influence product direction.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. You will work with Rust, CDK, and large-scale data services, delivering high-performance software across the stack while