Software Dev Engineer III, RDS for Oracle

About The Role

As a Software Development Engineer III on the RDS for Oracle team, you will own the design and implementation of complex features that scale to millions of database instances. You will work on the full stack—from kernel-level optimizations and storage architecture to customer-facing APIs and operational tooling. Your work directly impacts how enterprises run their most critical databases on AWS.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of large-scale, distributed database systems using RDS Oracle in AWS cloud environments, including optimizing performance for high-availability and scalability, developing solutions that integrate Linux-based RDS Oracle with AWS infrastructure, and designing integrations between Oracle and other AWS services such as EC2, VPC, and IAM.
• Serve as a technical lead for enterprise-level database services, addressing complex customer requirements and concerns.
• Collaborate with account managers and solution architects to design and implement database solutions that meet specific enterprise needs.
• Engage directly with customers to gather requirements, provide technical consultations, and support complex implementations, translating customer needs into technical specifications and product roadmap items.
• Lead agile development cycles to quickly prototype, develop, and deploy new database features and improvements, balancing speed of delivery with code quality, security, and scalability requirements.
• Stay abreast of competitor offerings and contribute to product strategy by proposing and implementing innovative features to maintain AWS's competitive edge in the database services market.
• Develop and implement strategies for managing database performance at massive scale, supporting thousands of concurrent customers, including creating advanced monitoring and troubleshooting tools for large-scale database deployments and designing sophisticated automation systems for database management tasks.
• Integrate AI and ML technologies to enhance database performance, security, and ease of use.
• Ensure all database solutions meet required security standards and compliance regulations such as FedRAMP, GDPR, and HIPAA, and develop and implement security best practices for database management in cloud environments.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, conduct design reviews, and offer feedback on architecture, performance, and scalability issues.
• Create comprehensive technical documentation for internal teams and customers, including best practices guides, whitepapers, and other educational materials related to RDS Oracle on AWS.

Required Qualifications

• 7 or more years of software development experience, with deep expertise in at least one of the following: database systems, distributed systems, storage architecture, or systems programming.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement large-scale systems that handle millions of concurrent operations.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Experience with C, C++, Java, or Python.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• 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.
• Experience with relational databases, particularly Oracle.
• Experience working on cloud infrastructure or managed services.
• Experience with AWS services or similar cloud platforms.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Experience with operational excellence practices and incident response.

Pay

Base salary range: $168,100.00 - $227,400.00 USD annually (USA, WA, Redmond). Final compensation determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Benefits

Amazon 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.

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