Description

Amazon Redshift is looking for talented individuals with expertise and passion for building DBMS internals. We are interested in people who can conduct independent research and have a passion for software and system building, that is, smart people who get stuff done!

Key job responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and verification of components leveraging standard software engineering methodologies

• Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design

• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards

• Work with other teams to deliver and operate large scale, distributed services in the cloud

• Work on overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance

• Mentor other engineers, define our technical culture, and help to build a fast-growing team

About the team

Amazon Redshift is a rapidly growing, fast and powerful, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. It enables customers to dramatically increase their query performance when analyzing virtually any size data set using the same SQL-based business intelligence tools they use today. Autonomics, Performance, Storage, Transaction Processing, and High Availability are some of the key areas of focus of the Data Management team.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

East Palo Alto, CA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 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

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

• Strong understanding and experience with DBMS internals.

• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling

• 5+ years experience writing large scale systems in C++ or C

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.