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Amazon · 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer – Distributed PostgreSQL Engine, Aurora DSQL, Aurora Distributed SQL Query Processing

positionEast Palo Alto, California, USA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$151K/yr - $262K/yr
date5+ years exp

Amazon is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance Aurora DSQL’s query processing capabilities. The role involves deep systems engineering focused on ensuring compatibility and efficiency of PostgreSQL in a distributed environment, while collaborating with various teams to enhance the database's performance and functionality.

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Responsibilities

Analyze, adapt, and extend PostgreSQL internals (parser, planner, executor, catalog, and transaction manager) to operate correctly and efficiently in Aurora DSQL’s distributed runtime
Build mechanisms that maintain PostgreSQL semantics (MVCC, snapshot isolation, error codes, data types, and function behavior) in a horizontally scalable environment
Develop compatibility test frameworks to validate DSQL’s correctness against upstream PostgreSQL
Collaborate with query processing, storage, and transaction teams to integrate distributed primitives into PostgreSQL-compatible interfaces
Debug complex behaviors in areas like visibility, locks, and plan caching to ensure fidelity with PostgreSQL behavior under distributed execution
Contribute to the long-term architecture enabling Aurora DSQL to support next-generation PostgreSQL features at virtually unlimited scale

Qualification

PostgreSQL internalsDistributed systemsSoftware developmentDesign patternsMentorshipCoding standardsCode reviewsSource control managementTestingOperationsTeam leadership

Required

5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred

5+ 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

Equity
Sign-on payments
Other forms of compensation
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
dateFounded in 1994
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Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.11B
Key Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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