Senior Manager, Software Development, Aurora DSQL

Senior Manager, Software Development, Aurora DSQL

Job  | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Does working on an innovative and transformational serverless database excite you? Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, high availability, and zero infrastructure management. Our vision is to make Aurora DSQL the best database service offering for all types of workloads. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape the future of databases and make history.

The Query Processing team of Aurora DSQL owns everything in the life cycle of a SQL statement, from Parsing, Analysis (syntax and semantic), Rewriting, to Planning (Optimizer) and Execution, while providing customers access to observability metrics to help them understand their database performance better.

A successful candidate for this role is expected to have deep software engineering, project management, and people management skills. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and have the ability to deliver high‑quality results in a fast‑paced environment.

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 set AWS’s services apart. 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.

• Lead an engineering team in the design, development, and deployment of new AWS services.
• Mentor and grow your engineering team.
• Design, implement, and deliver state‑of‑the‑art distributed, high‑performance data and transaction management processing algorithms and solutions.
• Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available and fault‑tolerant system.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge‑sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one‑on‑one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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.

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment.

• Experience partnering with product and program management teams.
• Experience designing and developing large‑scale, high‑traffic applications.
• Experience in building databases, especially the query processing/optimization layer.

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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