Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, RDS

About the role

Join the Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL team, one of the fastest-growing AWS businesses. PostgreSQL has been named the database of the year three times by DB-Engines and is one of the fastest-growing databases in the industry. As part of the Database Engineering Team for RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, you will build, improve, and manage PostgreSQL as a fully managed database service. This role is not a typical DBA or DBE position; instead, you will be an integral part of the core database engineering team, collaborating closely with developers, product managers, and program managers throughout the full product cycle: feature brainstorming, design, implementation, validation, and customer escalation.

As a member of the AWS Utility Computing (UC) organization, you will support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, Platform, and Productivity Apps services, including specialized security solutions for cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to understand their challenges, resolve issues during critical escalations, and teach best practices.
• Act as the "voice of the customer," bringing insights to the engineering process to design new features and plan end-to-end test scenarios.
• Shape the direction of the RDS service to improve usability for database developers and administrators.
• Drive feature enhancements, permanently resolve root causes of issues, and improve the performance of the managed database service.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for databases, collaborating with development, support, account teams, and customers.
• Engage with the open-source community through forums, conferences, and contributions such as feature or bug-fix code submissions.
• Extend your expertise to other database engines beyond PostgreSQL.
• Design and code solutions to improve software architecture, create metrics, implement automation, and resolve software defects.
• Build high-impact solutions for a large customer base.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work cross-functionally to drive business decisions with technical input.
• Operate in a startup-like development environment, focusing on high-priority projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development or experience with PostgreSQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of data engineering experience.

About the team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members with a broad mix of experience levels and tenures. We foster an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship, with senior members providing one-on-one mentoring and thorough, constructive code reviews. We prioritize your career growth, assigning projects that develop your engineering expertise and empower you to tackle more complex tasks in the future.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, trusted by startups to Global 500 companies. Our inclusive culture encourages learning and curiosity, with employee-led affinity groups that empower us to embrace our differences. We value work-life harmony, offering flexibility to support both professional and personal well-being.

We continuously raise the bar to become Earth’s Best Employer, providing endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources to help you grow as a professional.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $145,900.00 - $197,400.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, and 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 amazon.jobs/en/benefits.