Job Description
Senior Software Development Engineer, Aurora Control Plane
We're building hyper-scale database services in the cloud. Be part of a team that revolutionizes data management, impacting hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services.
Aurora is a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system that performs up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases.
With a flat organizational structure and a casual office vibe, we have the resources and stability of being the largest cloud provider.
As an Engineer, you will design and implement services and intelligent operational tooling to allow Amazon Aurora to scale faster, with emphasis on reliability, deployment velocity, and operational effectiveness.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
* Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
* Experience leading architecture and design of new and current systems
* 8+ years of professional software development experience
* Programming experience with modern languages such as Java, C++, or C#
* Experience in Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering, or DevOps
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
* Experience with full software development life cycle
* Exposure to large-scale distributed storage and database systems
* Delivered software in an Agile environment
* Hands-on experience with AWS services such as RDS, EC2, Dynamo DB, Cloud Watch