Senior Software Development Engineer; Backend), Aurora Control Plane

Overview

Imagine a database where you don't have to worry about the configuration or capacity of your database. Where you don't have to worry about what kind of load your product or service will put on it and you only pay for what you use. Want to learn more? Then read on.

Amazon Aurora Serverless is an on‑demand, auto‑scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora where the database automatically starts up, shuts down, and scales capacity up or down based on your application's needs, with no downtime. It enables you to run your database in the cloud without managing any database instances. With Amazon Aurora Serverless we aim to do nothing less than revolutionize the database business.

Aurora Serverless builds on top of foundational AWS services such as EC2, S3 and Dynamo

DB and we are breaking new ground in the way that customers experience databases.

We are looking for passionate and curious engineers to innovate with us on behalf of our customers. In this role, you will work with our senior engineers to design and implement systems that orchestrate thousands of databases. You will build a foundational platform consisting of web service APIs and workflows which make Aurora Serverless highly available, scalable, reliable and fast. This is a unique and rare opportunity to get on the ground floor within a fast‑growing AWS service, have an impact on the product direction and the shape of the database technology.

We count on your technical expertise and eagerness to learn. You will act as a role model for junior engineers. We will give you the opportunity to work with and learn from a team of extremely talented engineers.

These are core systems development positions where you will grow to own the design and development of significant system software components critical to our industry leading database services architected for the cloud. You will be part of the team that architects, designs, and implements highly scalable distributed database systems that provide availability, reliability and performance guarantees. This is a hands‑on position where you will be asked to do everything from building rock‑solid components to mentoring other engineers.

You need to be not only a top software developer with a good track record of delivering, but also excel in communication, leadership and customer focus.

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

• 5+ 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

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, Seattle –  –  USD annually

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