Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Aurora Database

About the role

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate Across Diverse Teams, Projects, And Environments To Have A Firsthand Impact On Our Global Customer Base.
• Bring A Passion For Innovation, Data, Search, Analytics, And Distributed Systems.
• Solve Challenging Technical Problems, Often Ones Not Solved Before, At Every Layer Of The Stack.
• Design, Implement, Test, Deploy And Maintain Innovative Software Solutions To Transform Service Performance, Durability, Cost, And Security.
• Build High-Quality, Highly Available, Always-On Products.
• Research Implementations That Deliver The Best Possible Experiences For Customers.
• Create Metrics, Implement Automation And Other Improvements, And Resolve The Root Cause Of Software Defects.
• Build High-Impact Solutions To Deliver To Our Large Customer Base.
• Participate In Design Discussions, Code Review, And Communicate With Internal And External Stakeholders.
• Work Cross-Functionally To Help Drive Business Decisions With Your Technical Input.
• Work In A Startup-Like Development Environment, Where You’re Always Working On The Most Important Stuff.

About The Team

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 that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development 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.

Pay

$168,100.00 - $227,400.00 USD annually