Software Development Engineer - Amazon Redshift, Redshift

Amazon • East Palo Alto, CA

1d • $165,200 - $223,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Redshift is seeking talented software engineers for its query processing team. This team is responsible for query analysis, optimization, and the massive parallel execution engine at the core of Redshift's data plane. The role offers a unique opportunity to shape the technology powering analytical workloads for a wide range of companies, from startups to Fortune 500s, within a fast-growing business at a leading cloud company.

Requirements

• 2+ 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.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on Database query engine.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new SQL language features to enhance Redshift's functionalities for analysts, data engineers, and data scientists.
• Design and implement state-of-the-art distributed data processing algorithms for the parallel execution query engine.
• Work on integration between Redshift and other AWS services, including data ingestion, federation, and machine learning.
• Identify opportunities for performance improvement through in-depth analysis of query plans and execution states.
• Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available and fault-tolerant cloud system.
• Mentor other engineers, provide technical guidance, and help build a fast-growing team.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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