Software Dev Engineer II, Aurora PostgreSQL Engine

Overview

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Are you interested in building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way databases are built for the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?

AWS Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Engine team is looking for experienced technical experts in relational databases and large-scale storage system technologies who are excited about building large-scale database systems that run across thousands of servers across multiple datacenters worldwide. This is a hands-on position where you will design and develop significant system software components critical to our cloud database services. You will be part of a team that architects, designs, and implements highly scalable distributed database systems that provide availability, reliability and performance guarantees.

You will not only be a top software developer and systems designer but also excel in communication, leadership and customer focus.

We intend to be the world s best and fastest database, built by an excellent team, all while having fun. For more information about Aurora, please visit

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

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Our engineers collaborate across diverse teams, projects, and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base. You’ll 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.

A day in the life

As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll 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.

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible, and ACID-compliant relational database engine that combines the speed and reliability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Aurora PostgreSQL is a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL and makes it simple and cost-effective to set up, operate, and scale your PostgreSQL deployments, thus freeing you to focus on your business and applications.

Amazon RDS provides administration for Aurora by handling routine database tasks such as provisioning, patching, backup, recovery, failure detection, and repair. RDS also provides push-button migration tools to convert your existing RDS for PostgreSQL applications to Aurora PostgreSQL.

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.

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications…