Software Development Engineer - Amazon Redshift, Query Processing
About the role
Amazon Redshift is one of the world's most popular fully managed cloud data warehouses. Tens of thousands of enterprise customers use Redshift to crunch through exabytes of data in the cloud to make business critical decisions every day. To stay ahead in such a mission critical setting, at Redshift, we must always re-invent ourselves for customers. We are always looking for innovative engineers to help shape the future of Redshift. We are actively hiring a talented Senior Software Engineer in the Query Processing team of Redshift. Query processing is at the heart of Redshift data plane and is responsible for the massive parallel execution engine.
Responsibilities
- Build systems that benefit Redshift clusters across the world
- Take significant ownership on the overall product vision by defining new features and architecture
- Distill complex and ambiguous requirements, converting them into meaningful projects that provide immense customer value
- Own and code end-to-end deliverables from design, development, deployment, monitoring, and operations
- Lead engineers on substantial projects and help develop a flourishing team through active mentoring and hiring
- Bring deep technical, algorithmic and coding expertise with the ability to work within a fast moving and collaborative environment in the industry leading cloud company to deliver a broad business impact
About the team
Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, AI powered, petabyte-scale cloud data warehouse service. Tens of thousands of customers today depend on Redshift to revolutionize their data analytics processes, providing vital insights for their businesses. Our team works on the execution engine of Amazon Redshift and our key areas of focus are high scalability, performance, and overall extend the capabilities of the execution engine.
Work/Life balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & career growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Basic qualifications
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred qualifications
- 3+ 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
Pay & benefits
- Base salary range: USA, CA, East Palo Alto - $165,200.00 - $223,600.00 USD annually; USA, OR, Corvallis - $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually; USA, WA, SEATTLE - $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually; USA, WA, Seattle - $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
- 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