Software Development Engineer, Utility Computing, UC
Posted 2025-04-21Are you interested in building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?
About Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora is a MySQL-compatible, relational database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to five times better performance than MySQL at a price point one tenth that of a commercial database while delivering similar performance and availability.
Job Description
We are looking for experienced technical experts in large scale distributed systems development to build services that run across thousands of servers in multiple datacenters worldwide and powers Amazon Aurora service. 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 not only be a top software developer with a good track record of delivering, but also excel in communication, and customer focus.
Key Job Responsibilities
? Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack.
? Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
? Build high-quality, highly available, always-on products.
? Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers.
About the Team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.
About 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.
Basic Qualifications
? 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 Qualifications
? 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
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