Senior Database Engineer, Aurora DSQL

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. Aurora DSQL provides active-active high availability, providing strong data consistency designed for 99.99% single-Region and 99.999% multi-Region availability. Aurora DSQL automatically manages and scales system resources, so you don't have to worry about maintenance downtime and provisioning, patching, or upgrading infrastructure.

As a Senior Database Engineer for Aurora DSQL, you will lead technical enablement for our business-critical customers. You will solve complex migration and query performance problems while helping customers transition from traditional databases to distributed, multi-region architectures. You will be responsible for working with engineers and customers to define best practices for Aurora DSQL adoption and integration. You will influence product direction by channeling customer feedback and technical insights directly to engineering teams, shaping features used by some of the world's largest companies. You will also work with our field teams to scale knowledge and drive broader DSQL adoption across the customer base.

About the team
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why 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.

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Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant database application development
• Experience in relational database technology (such as Postgres or MySQL)
• Experience working directly with enterprise customers to drive positive business outcomes
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous, evolving requirements

Nice To Haves

• Deep, hands-on technical expertise with PostgreSQL databases
• Experience with database migration patterns and tooling
• Experience with distributed systems and multi-region architectures

Responsibilities

• Lead technical enablement for our business-critical customers.
• Solve complex migration and query performance problems while helping customers transition from traditional databases to distributed, multi-region architectures.
• Be responsible for working with engineers and customers to define best practices for Aurora DSQL adoption and integration.
• Influence product direction by channeling customer feedback and technical insights directly to engineering teams, shaping features used by some of the world's largest companies.
• Work with our field teams to scale knowledge and drive broader DSQL adoption across the customer base.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level