Software Development Engineer, AWS ElastiCache, AWS In memory databases

About the role

Are you passionate about building a large-scale, distributed, highly available, and reliable in-memory database? We are building in-memory services, powered by open-source, and optimized for sub millisecond latency at scale. Come and join us to define the future of NoSQL at AWS.

Responsibilities

• Develop large-scale, distributed in-memory databases with sub-millisecond latency
• Leverage open source technologies like Redis, Memcached, and Amazon proprietary technologies
• Work on data plane extremely fast and high throughput development, low level optimizations, asynchronous messaging, event-based technologies, real-time failure detection system, horizontal and vertical scaling, auto-remediation, high availability, fault tolerance, storage technologies, snapshoting, and disaster recovery
• Enable a quality product and set the groundwork for success in the next phase of the product and beyond

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Skills

• Exceptional technical expertise
• A sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science
• Practical experience building large-scale distributed systems
• Commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners)

Benefits

• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Schedule

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.