Senior Storage Engineer – On-Disk DynamoDB Engine

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,100 - 227,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon DynamoDB is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to own the on-disk storage layer of the DynamoDB storage engine. You will design representations for in-memory data structures, implement compression strategies, and ensure crash recovery and data integrity at planetary scale.

Responsibilities include evolving storage formats, managing write-ahead logs, and mentoring engineers on persistence best practices, with a focus on durability and performance.

Qualifications

• Deep technical expertise in C and/or Rust with systems programming experience.
• Strong understanding of storage engines, on-disk formats, and crash recovery.

Responsibilities

• Own on-disk storage layer of the DynamoDB storage engine and ensure data durability.
• Design efficient on-disk representations for in-memory data structures and storage formats.

Skills

C

Rust

Storage systems

Crash recovery

LSM tree

Linux I/O

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

io_uring

AIO

direct I/O

fallocate

Job description

Amazon DynamoDB is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to own the on-disk storage layer of the DynamoDB storage engine. You will design representations for in-memory data structures, implement compression strategies, and ensure crash recovery and data integrity at planetary scale.

Responsibilities include evolving storage formats, managing write-ahead logs, and mentoring engineers on persistence best practices, with a focus on durability and performance.