Sr Software Dev Engineer III, RDS for Oracle

Amazon Web Services is hiring a Software Development Engineer III for the RDS for Oracle team. We are looking for an experienced engineer to design and build the next generation of managed database services that power mission-critical applications worldwide.

About the Role

As a Software Development Engineer III on the RDS for Oracle team you will own the design and implementation of complex features that scale to millions of database instances. You will work on the full stackfrom kernel-level optimizations and storage architecture to customer-facing APIs and operational tooling. Your work directly impacts how enterprises run their most critical databases on AWS.


Key job responsibilities
You will lead the architecture and design of large-scale distributed database systems using RDS Oracle in AWS cloud environments. This includes optimizing performance for high-availability and scalability developing solutions that integrate Linux-based RDS Oracle with AWS infrastructure and designing integrations between Oracle and other AWS services such as EC2 VPC and IAM.

You will serve as a technical lead for enterprise-level database services addressing complex customer requirements and concerns. You will collaborate with account managers and solution architects to design and implement database solutions that meet specific enterprise needs. You will engage directly with customers to gather requirements provide technical consultations and support complex implementations translating customer needs into technical specifications and product roadmap items.

You will lead agile development cycles to quickly prototype develop and deploy new database features and improvements. You will balance speed of delivery with code quality security and scalability requirements. You will stay abreast of competitor offerings and contribute to product strategy by proposing and implementing innovative features to maintain AWSs competitive edge in the database services market.

You will develop and implement strategies for managing database performance at massive scale supporting thousands of concurrent customers. This includes creating advanced monitoring and troubleshooting tools for large-scale database deployments and designing sophisticated automation systems for database management tasks. You will integrate AI and ML technologies to enhance database performance security and ease of use.

You will ensure all database solutions meet required security standards and compliance regulations such as FedRAMP GDPR and HIPAA. You will develop and implement security best practices for database management in cloud environments.

You will provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members conduct design reviews and offer feedback on architecture performance and scalability issues. You will create comprehensive technical documentation for internal teams and customers including best practices guides whitepapers and other educational materials related to RDS Oracle on AWS.

About the team
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- 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
- Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
- You have deep expertise in at least one of the following: database systems distributed systems storage architecture or systems programming

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
- Experience in operational excellence continuous improvement or process improvement roles
- You have experience with relational databases particularly Oracle.
- You have worked on cloud infrastructure or managed services.
- You have contributed to open-source projects.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN BC Vancouver - 150700.00 - 251700.00 CAD annually