Software Development Engineer, Data Analytics - Engines

Software Development Engineer, Open Data Analytics - Engines

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Want to change the world with Big Data and Analytics? Come join us on the Amazon Analytics team in Amazon Web Services! Amazon Athena is an analytics service that makes it easy to get insights from Amazon S3 based data lakes using open standards like SQL, Parquet, Apache Iceberg and others. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to set up or manage as the service scales automatically based on data volume and query complexity.

Creating a simple, rich and performant experience for customers requires solving challenging engineering problems.

We are working on our own scaling infrastructure (virtualization, tenant isolation, forecasting, scheduling, containers, admission control, infrastructure deployment) and making significant performance and reliability improvements to our open source based engine (memory management, micro‑optimizations, CBO, vectorization, etc.). We’re looking for top engineers to design and build features that bridge the gap between OSS query engines and hyper‑scaler performance.

• Designing and building the next‑generation technologies that will make Athena SQL the best environment to run analytic SQL at any scale
• Working on complex problems in distributed systems and query engines
• Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design
• Deliver systems and features with top‑notch quality, on time
• Own the software development process end‑to‑end, including working with engineers and product managers, design, architecture, planning, implementation, testing, new systems and features, deploying, and operating the production Athena systems

• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 1+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• 2+ 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
• 3+ years of experience with a Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent OR 5+ years experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, in software development, including design, implementation, debugging, and support
• Very strong computer science fundamentals in algorithm design, data structures, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Strong proficiency in developing object‑oriented software, with deep experience in one or more relevant languages (Java, C, C++, C#)

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience in query processing, query engines, and/or query optimization
• Thorough understanding of parallel algorithms, concurrency, and asynchronous architectures
• Proficiency in high‑performance, multi‑threaded programming
• Knowledge of and contribution to Hadoop ecosystem

Your base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also 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.

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Location:

Arlington, VA, USA. Salary: $143,700 – $194,400 USD annually.