The Transactional Data Storage org builds data platforms which are at the core of Amazons consumer and digital businesses. Our OLTP storage platform Sable processes billions of transactions every day around the globe. We own multiple tier1/missioncritical services fueling the growth of Amazon businesses to store customer orders catalog and product information shopping cart Kindle device information and hundreds of other business critical datasets. The performance and availability of our platform is critical to the reliability of the Amazon brand. We run some of the largest fleets and the highest throughput services at Amazon. We partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage technologies built for cloud customers and to offer technologies we invent through AWS channels to the broader market.
We are looking for a passionate engineer who understands distributed systems at scale and is interested to learn about database systems from database engine design to operating a tier1 flagship product. This engineer will work with Principal Engineers and lead their team to build and operate large document storage data transformations and data tiering capabilities. You will build regionally flexible cost effective storage with advanced management capabilities. An engineer in this role will have strong sense of ownership high bar for operational excellence and proven record of solving hard technical problems from design to delivery.
5 years of noninternship 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
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
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The base salary for this position ranges from $150700/year up to $251700/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.