Software Development Engineer, AWS Athena

Description

Want to help make history in the world of big data and make it easy for customers to efficiently query and analyze petabytes and more of data? Come join the Amazon Athena team in AWS! We are developing innovative new capabilities from the ground up that will transform the way customers analyze their data while also giving them high performance, low costs, and exceptional ease-of-use.

We are a small, entrepreneurial team that operates independently, but with access to top engineers across AWS.

In this role, you will collaborate with senior and principal engineers who are domain experts ’ll develop deep expertise in distributed systems, query engines, open source applications, performance optimization, and operational excellence. You’ll also work with and contribute to leading open source big data and analytic frameworks like Hive, Spark, and Presto. You will enjoy competitive compensation and your contributions will impact customers and businesses worldwide.

You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying some of our most strategic technical projects. You’ll deliver large-scale, high-performance production systems; design new software systems of distributed technology; and have a significant bottom-line impact on our business results. You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers, complete hands‑on technical work, and provide leadership on complex technical issues.

• 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

• 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

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The 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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USA, WA, Bellevue -  -  USD annually