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About the Role
The Aurora DSQL team at AWS is building revolutionary transactional database technology, delivering innovative customer experiences in the areas of automated operations, global scale, query processing, and storage. If contributing to the design and development of a new, first-of-its-kind, database excites you, then a role on this new initiative may be your dream job. Join us during this formative period of the product and be a leader in shaping the future of databases at Amazon and beyond!

The Aurora DSQL Control Plane team designs and develops the systems that manage and orchestrate the deployment, scaling, metering and maintenance of distributed SQL database clusters. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to build Aurora DSQL's cellular architecture and ensure our product can leverage cellular design to scale seamlessly. You will also have the chance to work on integrating Aurora DSQL with various other AWS offerings, so that our product is embedded within AWS ecosystem. As an engineer on the team you will be responsible for building and operating large-scale distributed systems and web services, implementing automated database operations and maintenance capabilities and working in an agile software development environment. This specific position brings incredible opportunity to learn about Cloud, distributed systems and AWS specifically.

An ideal candidate has expertise in software architecture and large-scale design patterns, experience with both relational and non-relational database systems, 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.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services

Requirements

• 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
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Requirements

• 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

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

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.