Software Development Manager, Aurora PostgreSQL

Description

Are you interested in building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way databases are built for the cloud ? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?

Amazon Aurora is an exciting new area of innovation for AWS, and the Postgres-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora is built on one of the most active code bases in the open source community. The Postgres-compatible version of Amazon Aurora is a relational database which offers enterprise-class performance, availability and durability to our customers, along with the management benefits of RDS. We are one of the fastest growing businesses within Amazon Web Services. We are currently spread across Seattle, Toronto, Dublin and India.

If you’re a software engineering leader who is looking to lead a team changing the rules for relational databases, come on board! We have one of the most senior teams in AWS - and our senior engineers are eager to brainstorm, mentor, and get software built together. We have challenging problems to solve in distributed systems, concurrency, database internals, caching, query optimization, languages, and performance engineering.

We have challenging problems to solve in distributed systems, query optimization, languages, concurrency, database internals, caching and performance engineering. We intend to be the world's best and fastest database, built by an excellent team, all while having fun - come join us on the journey!

We are looking for experienced, passionate and curious engineering leaders to innovate with us on behalf of our customers. To be successful in this role, you should possess solid analytical, design and problem diagnosis skills. Expertise with Query Processing and Optimization and high-performance systems is a plus. You will lead multiple teams in designing, implementing, and owning high and low level system components to make Aurora Database highly available, scalable, reliable and fast. You should be comfortable hiring and building your team, mentoring junior engineers, and harmonize operational responsibilities with innovation. The ability to translate high-level technical requirements into executable project plans is essential. If this sounds like you, come join us help AWS continue to lead the cloud computing revolution.

What is in it for you?
· Huge impact: Work on a service that will be used, directly and indirectly, by millions of customers.
· Gratification: You will know you are solving problems most software developers don’t yet know exist.
· Critical: Databases are cornerstones to many of our customers’ applications.
· Ownership: you will quickly become responsible for key components of the service.
· Learn: If want to learn about challenges of large-scale fault tolerant systems in practice – this is an opportunity of a life time.
· Innovate: We learn from our customers and invent every day.
· Make history: AWS is the leader in a current industry wide revolution.
· Have fun: Surround yourself with engineers that like to solve complex problems, but also work in a fun environment.

For more information about Aurora, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora.
For more information about RDS for PostgreSQL, please visit https://aws.amazon.com/rds/postgresql/.

About Us

We recognize new team members need time to ramp-up and feel fully comfortable within the team. You will have a launch buddy, a manager who will help you navigate through this processes offering you help and mentorship.

We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal life.

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.

About the team
Amazon Aurora is an exciting new area of innovation for AWS, and the Postgres-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora is built on one of the most active code bases in the open source community. The Postgres-compatible version of Amazon Aurora is a relational database which offers enterprise-class performance, availability and durability to our customers, along with the management benefits of RDS. We are one of the fastest growing businesses within Amazon Web Services. We are currently spread across Seattle, Toronto, Dublin and India.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience in engineering team management
- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Several years of hands on experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

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