Software Development Engineer, Amazon Neptune

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to join the Neptune team in Seattle, WA. You will design and implement high-performance graph database features, optimize algorithms, and contribute to reliability and latency guarantees for billions of relationships.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers across AWS to ship impactful software for customers, participate in code reviews, and help evolve Neptune’s service capabilities in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Proficient in C++ or similar languages.
• Experience designing and delivering database algorithms and features.
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver new algorithms and features that drive Neptune's high availability, reliability and performance guarantees to AWS customers.
• Participate in project execution to develop cutting-edge database service capabilities while working with team members.
• Code reviews, architecture discussions and cross-functional collaboration to ship impactful software.

Skills

C++

Graph databases

Algorithms design

Software development

Job description

Description

Amazon Neptune is a fast, scalable, fully-managed graph database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets. The core of Amazon Neptune is a purpose-built, high-performance graph database engine optimized for storing hundreds of billions of relationships and querying with milliseconds latency, allowing you to easily build queries that efficiently navigate highly connected datasets. Neptune works actively with the Apache TinkerPop Gremlin open-source project.

Description

Amazon Neptune is a fast, scalable, fully-managed graph database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets. The core of Amazon Neptune is a purpose-built, high-performance graph database engine optimized for storing hundreds of billions of relationships and querying with milliseconds latency, allowing you to easily build queries that efficiently navigate highly connected datasets. Neptune works actively with the Apache TinkerPop Gremlin open-source project.

Neptune powers graph use cases such as recommendation engines, fraud detection, knowledge graphs, drug discovery, network security, and many more. Amazon Neptune is built for cloud scalability, durability, availability, and performance.

To learn more about Amazon Neptune visit: https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/

Key job responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated software development engineer who is excited to solve database problems and proficient in C++ or similar languages. You will design and deliver new algorithms and features that drive Neptune's high availability, reliability and performance guarantees to AWS customers. You will participate in project execution to develop cutting-edge database service capabilities while working with amazing team members.

A day in the life

As You Design And Code Solutions To Help Our Team Drive Efficiencies In Software Architecture, You'll Create Metrics, Implement Automation And Other Improvements, And Resolve The Root Cause Of Software Defects. You'll Also

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.

About The Team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.