Software Development Engineer, Amazon Aurora DSQL

Amazon.com, Inc.
Seattle, WA, United States
9 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Internship / Graduate position
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
1 year minimum
Compensation
$143,700.0 - $194,400.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Software Applications C Sharp (Programming Language) C++ (Programming Language) Code Review Computer Programming Software Design Patterns Distributed Systems Perl (Programming Language) Network Control
+12 more
Object-Oriented Software Development Software Architecture Software Engineering SQL Databases Multithreading System Availability Information Technology Non-relational Database Build Process Software Coding Software Version Control Serverless Computing

Job description

Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. Aurora DSQL provides active-active high availability, delivering strong data consistency designed for 99.99% single-Region and 99.999% multi-Region availability. Aurora DSQL automatically

manages and scales system resources, so you don’t have to worry about maintenance downtime, provisioning, patching, or upgrading infrastructure.

We are looking for passionate and talented Software Development Engineers to join us in innovating on this new service. With a growing customer base, we have an exciting charter ahead of us that includes solving highly complex engineering problems. We are seeking an engineer to join the control plane and platform team to contribute to building

our cellular platform, ensuring seamless scaling of our product; define and implement service APIs that will influence how customers interact with the service; and work on projects that secure and embed Aurora DSQL into the overall AWS ecosystem.

Requirements

An ideal candidate has expertise in software architecture and large-scale design patterns, experience with both relational and non-relational database systems, experience with platform engineering, proficiency in Rust programming, and a background in designing and operating highly available distributed systems. In addition, they thrive on creative and collaborative problem solving and also enjoy the challenge of operating services at AWS scale., 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 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

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Benefits & conditions

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, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

About the company

Why AWS? 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.

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 (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & 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.

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

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