System Development Engineer, Aurora Storage : RDS with Security Clearance

Description Final date to receive applications:
Aug 16, 2026 The Aurora Storage and RDS team builds and operates the distributed storage and database services that power Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. We design and run the systems that store, replicate, and protect customer data at massive scale across AWS regions worldwide, delivering the durability, availability, and performance that millions of customers depend on every day. We seek a Systems Development Engineer who is excited about solving challenging problems by developing our own solutions that keep Amazon's databases fast, reliable, and secure.

Our challenges are broad and deep - we build flexible, scalable, high-performance and robust tools and services. These services enable our engineers and operators to provision, monitor, and heal database fleets across the globe. In Aurora and RDS we operate multiple large scale storage and data platforms that allow customers to run their most critical workloads with confidence. You will work with a group of engineers to operate these services to the highest operational level while building new tools and services to improve the customer experience and make it easier/faster/cheaper for the customer to get what they need.

In Aurora Storage and RDS, we obsess over our customers, and their trust is our first priority. Trust is earned by building a highly respected engineering team to tackle new challenges at a large scale. In this role, you will deliver high quality, scalable products that are deployed to our services around the world. You will collaborate with product owners and customers to deliver the best features, using resources and technologies efficiently.

You will work with stakeholders to define solutions that scale and satisfy a wide variety of database and storage needs. You will also assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, and balance business needs against technical constraints to maximize business benefit. This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

Key job responsibilities As a system development engineer, you will/may:
• Create, improve, or invent tools and/or applications that are a part of a larger system.
• Write code that is secure, stable, testable, maintainable and has minimal defects.
• Understanding of a variety of technologies such as hardware, software, networking, and operating systems, and how they interact with one another.
• Participate in team design, scoping, and prioritization discussions.
• Build systems and processes that enable other builders through improved safety, agility, and automation
• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind your team's system implementations.
• Participate and improve overall operation and operational load through deep dive and solution based insight. A day in the life We're on the lookout for the curious, those who think big and want to define the world of tomorrow. At Amazon, you will grow into the high impact person you know you're ready to be. Every day will be filled with exciting new challenges, developing new skills, and achieving personal growth.

How often can you say that your work changes the world? At Amazon, you'll say it often. Join us and define tomorrow. About the team Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

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