Sr Software Development Engineer, Neptune

Sr Software Development Engineer, Amazon Neptune

Job :  | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Amazon Neptune is a fast, scalable, fully‑managed graph database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets. The core of Amazon Neptune is a purpose‑built, high‑performance graph database engine optimized for storing hundreds of billions of relationships and querying with milliseconds latency, allowing you to easily build queries that efficiently navigate highly connected datasets.

Neptune works actively with the Apache Tinker Pop Gremlin open‑source project.

Neptune powers graph use cases such as recommendation engines, fraud detection, knowledge graphs, drug discovery, network security, and many more. Amazon Neptune is built for cloud scalability, durability, availability, and performance.

We are looking for an experienced, self‑motivated software development engineer who is excited to solve database problems and proficient in C++ or similar languages. You will design and deliver new algorithms and features that drive Neptune's high availability, reliability and performance guarantees to AWS customers. You will participate in project execution to develop database service capabilities while working with amazing team members.

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.

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability and scaling).
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Knowledge of database internals, query planning and optimization and/or storage performance and efficiency.

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

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

USA, WA, Seattle -  –  USD annually. 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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