Software Development Engineer III, Amazon Timestream (AWS)

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Timestream is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to design and deliver high‑availability, high‑performance cloud database services. You will work in a senior, self‑motivated capacity solving distributed systems and database challenges with Java, TypeScript, Rust, or similar languages.

You will lead architecture discussions, guide engineers, and advance projects that affect AWS customers. The role emphasizes mentoring, system design, and delivering scalable, reliable software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience with at least one programming language.
• Experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of features for Timestream for InfluxDB to ensure high availability and performance.
• Design, implement, test, and deploy database services optimized for cloud environments.
• Mentor engineers and managers while contributing hands-on technical work.
• Drive technical decisions, tradeoffs, and feature prioritization.
• Partner with senior executives to define business targets and resource planning.
• Build and scale engineering teams through recruitment and development.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

Rust

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer III, Amazon Timestream

Job ID: 10485410 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB is a fast, scalable, fully‑managed time‑series database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with high‑volume temporal data. The core of Timestream for InfluxDB is a purpose‑built, high‑performance engine optimized for ingesting millions of data points per second and querying with milliseconds latency, allowing you to easily build IoT analytics, infrastructure monitoring, and real‑time observability applications. Timestream for InfluxDB works actively with the open‑source InfluxDB community and supports InfluxQL, SQL, and the InfluxDB line protocol. To learn more about Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB visit: https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/influxdb/ (https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/influxdb/)

Key job responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced, self‑motivated senior software development engineer who is excited to solve distributed systems and database problems and proficient in Java, TypeScript, Rust, or similar languages. You will design and deliver new features and integrations that drive Timestream for InfluxDB's high‑availability, reliability, and performance guarantees to AWS customers. You will participate in project architecture, design to develop cutting‑edge managed database service capabilities while leading projects with amazing team members.

A day in the life

• Lead the development of cloud‑native database
• Design, implement, test, and deploy database services optimized for cloud environments
• Mentor engineers and managers while contributing hands‑on technical work
• Drive technical decisions, design tradeoffs, and feature prioritization
• Partner with senior executives to define business targets and resource planning
• Build and scale engineering teams through recruitment and talent development
• Shape technical strategy to deliver innovative solutions for customers

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.

Basic 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

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Preferred Qualifications

• 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

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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