Senior Software Engineer – Distributed PostgreSQL Engine, Aurora DSQL, Aurora Distributed SQL Query Processing jobs in United States
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 1 day ago

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

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking PostgreSQL internals experts to advance Aurora DSQL’s query processing capabilities. This role focuses on ensuring semantic and functional parity with PostgreSQL while extending its architecture to run efficiently in a distributed environment.

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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 development lifecycleDesign patternsMentorshipCoding standardsSource control managementTestingOperationsTeam leadershipCommunication

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
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
dateFounded in 2002
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Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
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Key Investors
BIRD Foundation
2025-01-22Grant

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Matt Garman
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