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Senior Software Development Engineer - Aurora Limitless Database

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Job Description

Are you an experienced database kernel developer looking to be part of a team building large-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud where you have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?

Aurora Limitless Database combines novel distributed database techniques with an innovative serverless platform and heat management capabilities to automatically scale to millions of write transactions per second and manages petabytes of storage within a single database. Limitless Database builds on top of Aurora, a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system that auto-scales up to 128TB in a single volume. Aurora is one of the fastest-growing AWS services, with business and engineering decisions having a widespread impact across many of the world's fastest-growing businesses! Our customers depend on the performance of our services to scale and support their mission-critical workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the Aurora Limitless Database service.
  • Work on database engine internals and distributed database concepts.
  • Collaborate with a team of engineers to design and implement new features.
  • Conduct code reviews and ensure coding standards are met.
  • Mentor junior engineers and lead technical projects.

Basic Qualifications

  • 4+ years of database engine development experience within a well-known database system.
  • 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 7+ years of programming experience.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
  • Experience in designing system components.
  • PostgreSQL internals knowledge.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build.

Benefits
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  • Mentorship and career growth
  • Inclusive team culture
  • Work-life balance

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