Software Development Engineer, AWS ElastiCache, AWS In memory databases

** Are you passionate about building a large-scale distributed highly available and reliable in-memory database We are building in-memory services powered by open-source and optimized for sub millisecond latency at scale. Come and join us to define the future of NoSQL at AWS. **

As a Software Engineer in our NoSQL and in-memory database team you will develop large-scale distributed in-memory databases with sub-millisecond latency. You will leverage open source technologies like Redis Memcached and Amazon proprietary technologies. This includes data plane extremely fast and high throughput development low level optimizations asynchronous messaging event-based technologies real-time failure detection system horizontal and vertical scaling auto-remediation high availability fault tolerance storage technologies snapshoting and disaster recovery.

In this role you will develop significant portions of the product and serve as a mentor for other engineers in their areas of work. You will work to enable a quality product and set the groundwork for success in the next phase of the product and beyond. A commitment to teamwork hustle and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating a reliable scalable and high-performance service requires exceptional technical expertise a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. You should be someone who enjoys working on complex system software is customer-centric and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals.

Come work with the folks who are not only building a highly-available and scalable in-memory distributed service but also influencing the direction of NoSQL systems throughout the industry.

About the team
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- 3 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 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 range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually