Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Cloud Computing

SeniorPostgreSQLDatabaseEngineer,RDS

$146–197k Dallas, Texas, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, RDS at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: PostgreSQL, RDS, Database Engineering. Understand customer challenges. Solve issues during escalations”

Industry & Context.

Cloud Computing
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Debugging; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10 years of experience with PostgreSQL, 5 years operating PostgreSQL systems, Experience in Postgres, Troubleshooting and debugging technical systems

Nice to Have

Experience running an operational excellence program

What You'll Do.

Understand customer challenges

Solve issues during escalations

Bring learnings to engineering process

Plan end-to-end test scenarios

Shape direction of RDS service

Drive feature enhancements

Resolve root causes of issues

Improve performance of database service

Interact with open-source community

Extend knowledge to other database engines

Design and code solutions

Resolve root cause of software defects

Build high-impact solutions

Participate in design discussions

Participate in code review

Communicate with stakeholders

Drive business decisions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with developers; Work with product managers; Work with program managers; Cross-functionally; Internal stakeholders; External stakeholders

Communication Scope

Communicate effectively; Communicate respectfully

Full Job Description

Do you want to work in Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL which is one of the fastest growing AWS businesses? PostgreSQL is the only DBMS that has been named the database of the year 3 times by DB-Engines DBMS of the year. It is one of the fastest growing databases in the industry where related expertise and experience is highly sought after. Our team’s (the Database Engineering Team for RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL) mission is to build, improve and manage PostgreSQL as a fully managed database service. This is not a typical DBA or DBE role where you manage databases for specific customers. Instead, you are an integral part of the core database engineering team as you will work closely with developers and product and program managers. You will engage and contribute in the full product cycle: feature brainstorming, design, implementation, validation and customer escalation. AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services 10031 Key job responsibilities - You work closely with our customers to understand their challenges, solve issues during critical escalations, and teach best practices. - You, acting as the “voice of the customer”, bring learnings to the engineering process to design new features and plan end-to-end test scenarios. By shaping the direction of the RDS service, you make it easier to understand how our service is used by customers, including database developers and administrators. - You will actively drive feature enhance

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