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Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer in East Palo Alto, California
Description
Join us at Amazon Redshift Data Management team to solve the challenging problems associated with building a database engine and managing a petabyte-scale system. You will be responsible for design and development of new features to enhance availability, scalability and performance of the system.
Key job responsibilities
Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain large scale software solutions using best practices
Write clean, readable and maintainable code and debug complex problems spanning across different systems
Communicate complex features, problems and solutions effectively and in details
Work with other teams to design, deliver and maintain large scale features
Enhance the architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance of the system
Provide mentorship and support to junior engineers
About the team
Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, AI powered, petabyte-scale cloud data warehouse service. Tens of thousands of customers today depend on Redshift to revolutionize their data analytics processes, providing vital insights for their businesses. We are part of Redshift Data Management team, and some of our key areas of focus are high scalability, performance, storage, transaction processing, and autonomics.
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
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Master's degree in computer science or equivalent
3+ years of experience in design and development of large scale DBMS service.
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.