Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

Sr.SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,DynamoDBStorageEngine

$100–227k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Sr. Software Development Engineer, DynamoDB Storage Engine at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Storage technology, Distributed systems. Forge strategy and architecture. Provide foundation for new services”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Innovative solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years software development experience, 5+ years programming experience, 5+ years leading design or architecture, Experience as a mentor, Experience as a tech lead, Experience leading an engineering team

Nice to Have

5+ years full software development life cycle experience, Deep technical expertise, Prior experience in systems development, Experience in building large-scale distributed systems, Experience in operating large-scale distributed systems, C++ experience preferred, Rust experience preferred

What You'll Do.

Forge strategy and architecture

Provide foundation for new services

Push boundaries of storage technology

Innovate to remove abstractions

Unlock crucial performance gains

Raise data security bar

Raise data durability bar

Raise data availability bar

Persist customer data on disk

Keep customer data secure

Make customer data available for retrieval

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Knowledge sharing

Full Job Description

Come help us shape the future of one of the largest NoSQL database services on the planet! Amazon DynamoDB is one of the largest distributed database systems in the market, that delivers single-digit-millisecond performance at any scale. At DynamoDB, we continue to believe it is Day 1! The DynamoDB Storage Engine team is the custodian of all customer retrievable data stored on disk in DynamoDB and owns services, components and libraries that persist customer data on disk, keep it secure and make it available for timely retrieval. We are looking for senior software development engineers that are passionate about building software and making engineering decisions that have widespread impact across AWS, Amazon, and beyond. Many of the world's fastest growing businesses, such as Lyft, Airbnb, and Redfin, as well as enterprises, such as Samsung, Toyota, and Capital One, depend on the scale and performance of DynamoDB. The ideal candidate would have experience in building and operating large-scale distributed systems. Deep technical expertise and prior experience in systems development using C++ or Rust is preferred. Engineers say DynamoDB is a technically challenging space that requires unique and innovative solutions. As a senior engineer on the team you will be responsible for forging the strategy and architecture that provide the foundation for new services. In this role you will push the boundaries of what storage technology can achieve. You will ceaselessly innovate to remove abstractions to unlock crucial performance gains all while raising the high bar we maintain for data security, durability and availability. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicit

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