Sr. Software Dev Engineer, PostgreSQL Contributors

Amazon; Maryland; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud platform seeks a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to join their AWS Utility Computing team. The role involves contributing to PostgreSQL engine code, engaging with the community, and mentoring others. Ideal candidates are experienced in software development and system architecture, with a passion for open-source collaboration.

Benefits

Mentorship and resources for professional growth

Flexible work-life balance

Employee-led affinity groups

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience in system design, architecture, and scaling.

Responsibilities

• Author, review, and commit PostgreSQL core database engine code.
• Engage in discussions about designs, architecture, and bugs.

Skills

Leadership

Proficiency in programming

System design

Architecture

Scaling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Job description

Sr. Software Dev Engineer, PostgreSQL Contributors

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to new product features that set AWS apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers requiring specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

The AWS RDS PostgreSQL Contributors team is seeking a remote Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to provide expertise in PostgreSQL database engine internals and community collaboration. You will join a world-class team of engineers working openly with the PostgreSQL project.

Your contributions will include:

• Features
• Fixes
• Drivers
• Extensions
• Patch review
• Testing
• Security
• Performance
• Benchmarking
• Development/commitfest discussions

Key responsibilities:

Author, review, and commit PostgreSQL core database engine code to the open source git repository. Engage in discussions about designs, architecture, bugs, and community business via mailing lists such as pgsql-hackers.

About the team:

We value diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply. We welcome candidates with non-traditional or diverse career paths.

Why AWS?

AWS is the most comprehensive cloud platform, trusted by startups to Global 500 companies. We continue to innovate in cloud computing.

Our culture:

We foster inclusion through employee-led affinity groups, ongoing learning events, and conferences, embracing our differences.

Career development:

We offer mentorship and resources to help you grow professionally and develop your skills.

Work/life balance:

We value flexibility and support work-life harmony, believing that success at work should not come at the expense of personal well-being.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Proficiency in at least one programming language
• Experience in system design, architecture, and scaling
• Leadership experience as a mentor or tech lead
• Recognition as a PostgreSQL community committer with write access to the source code repository

- 5+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

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