Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Technology

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AmazonRedshiftQueryOptimizer

$165–224k East Palo Alto, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Software Development Engineer, Amazon Redshift Query Optimizer at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: Query optimization, Software development, Cloud data warehouse. Build systems for Redshift clusters. Define new features and architecture”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshoot complex queries

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

1+ years of software development experience, 1+ years designing and developing large-scale software, 1+ years Object Oriented Design experience, Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, Experience programming with at least one language

Nice to Have

3+ years full software development life cycle experience, Master's degree in computer science

What You'll Do.

Build systems for Redshift clusters

Define new features and architecture

Distill complex requirements

Convert requirements into projects

Own and code end-to-end deliverables

Lead engineers on projects

Develop team through mentoring

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborative environment

Full Job Description

Amazon Redshift is the world’s most popular fully managed cloud data warehouse. Tens of thousands of enterprise customers use Redshift to crunch through exabytes of data in the cloud to make business critical decisions every day. To stay ahead in such a mission critical setting, at Redshift, we must always re-invent ourselves for customers. We are always looking for the innovative engineers to help shape the future of Redshift. We are actively hiring talented software engineers in the query optimization team of Redshift. The parallel-aware query optimizer of Redshift is at the heart of Redshift data plane and is responsible for finding optimal execution plans for tactical and complex queries running on the Redshift’s MPP engine. This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor within a fast-growing business and help shape the technology powering analytical workloads for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. You will bring deep technical, algorithmic and coding expertise with the ability to work within a fast moving and collaborative environment in the industry leading cloud company to deliver a broad business impact. Key job responsibilities As a Software Development Engineer in Redshift, you will build systems that benefit Redshift clusters across the world. You will take significant ownership on the overall product vision by defining new features and architecture. You will distill complex and ambiguous requirements, converting them into meaningful projects that provide immense customer value. You will own and code end-to-end deliverables from design, development, deployment, monitoring, and operations. And you will lead engineers on substantial projects and help develop a flourishing team through active mentoring and hiring. About the team AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is j

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