Sr. Software Development Engineer - Amazon Redshift, Query Processing

About the role

Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, AI-powered, petabyte-scale cloud data warehouse service. It supports tens of thousands of enterprise customers who rely on Redshift to analyze exabytes of data daily.

Responsibilities

• Build systems that benefit Redshift clusters worldwide.
• Define new features and architecture for Redshift.
• Translate complex and ambiguous requirements into meaningful projects that provide significant customer value.
• Own and code end-to-end deliverables from design, development, deployment, monitoring, and operations.
• Lead engineers on substantial projects and mentor and hire team members.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language like Java, C++, Rust, or Python, building and operating mission-critical, highly available systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Strong coding skills with emphasis on logical thinking, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems architecture.
• Experience performing live system and core analysis using GDB.

Benefits

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave.