Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, RDS; AWS

Role Overview

Build, improve, and manage PostgreSQL as a fully managed database service for the Relational Database Service (RDS) team at Amazon Web Services.

• Work closely with customers to understand their challenges, solve issues during critical escalations, and teach best practices.
• Act as the voice of the customer to bring learnings to the engineering process, design new features, and plan end-to-end test scenarios.
• Drive feature enhancements, permanently resolve root causes of issues, and improve the performance of the managed database service.
• Serve as the ultimate subject matter expert for all things databases, working with development, support, account, and customer teams.
• Interact with the open‑source community through forums, conferences, and feature or bug‑fix code submissions.
• Extend knowledge to other database engines beyond PostgreSQL.

• DBE experience.

• Bachelor’s degree.

A comprehensive benefits package includes health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Basic Life & AD&D insurance, Supplemental life plans, Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Redmond, WA, USA – Salary range: $ to $ annually.

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.