Storage Systems Lead - Performance & Architecture (DynamoDB)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Prescription Coverage

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Mental Health Support

Medical Advice Line

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Sign-On Payments

Restricted Stock Units

Job summary

engineeringjobs.net, Inc. is seeking a leader to guide a team of systems engineers responsible for a high-performance storage engine. You will set technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and ensure durability, cost efficiency, and operate at scale.

The role requires deep expertise in storage systems, databases, operating systems, and distributed systems, along with experience in people management and strategic roadmapping.

Qualifications

• Requires substantial engineering and people-management experience, including leading teams working in performance-sensitive, low-level codebases and operating mission-critical systems.
• Strong technical depth in storage systems, database internals, operating systems, or high-performance distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of systems engineers responsible for a storage engine, setting technical direction and making architectural decisions across performance, durability, cost, and operational simplicity.
• Own operational excellence for the storage data path and collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to improve the system at scale.

Skills

Engineering Team Management

Systems Engineering

C

Rust

Storage Systems

Database Internals

Distributed Systems

Performance Optimization

Data Durability

High Availability

Technical Roadmapping

Architecture and Design

Hiring and Talent Development

Incident Response

Operating Systems

Hardware-Aware Software Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

engineeringjobs.net, Inc. is seeking a leader to guide a team of systems engineers responsible for a high-performance storage engine. You will set technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and ensure durability, cost efficiency, and operate at scale.

The role requires deep expertise in storage systems, databases, operating systems, and distributed systems, along with experience in people management and strategic roadmapping.