Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Redshift
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exabytes of data in the cloud to make business critical decisions every day. To stay ahead in such a mission critical setting, at Redshift, we must always re- invent ourselves for customers. We are always looking for innovative engineers to help shape the future of Redshift.
We are actively hiring talented software engineers in the storage team of Redshift. The storage layer is the foundation of Redshift's distributed data warehouse architecture, responsible for managing data durability, availability, storage elasticity, and high-throughput operations at scale.
Key job responsibilities As a Software Engineer on the storage team, you will:
- Design and implement distributed storage systems that power Redshift's massively parallel data warehouse architecture.
- Build and optimize storage layer operations to deliver consistent, high-performance reads and writes at petabyte scale.
- Design storage elasticity solutions that enable clusters to seamlessly scale storage capacity based on workload demands.
- Design and operate large-scale distributed systems with a focus on durability, fault tolerance, and availability.
- Identify opportunities for performance improvement through in-depth analysis of storage access patterns and data layouts.
- Work on integration between Redshift storage and other AWS services in the AWS ecosystem, including data ingestion, backup, replication, and disaster recovery.
- Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available and fault tolerant system running in the cloud.
- Mentor other engineers, providing technical guidance and helping to build a fast-growing team.
This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor within a fast-growing business and help shape the technology powering analytical workloads for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. You will bring deep technical, systems design, and coding expertise with the ability to work within a fast moving and collaborative environment in the industry leading cloud company to deliver a broad business impact.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, * 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language, * 3+ 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
Benefits & conditions
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- AD&D insurance
- Parental leave
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance, 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.
Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional., 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. USA, CA, East Palo Alto - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually