Senior Database Engineer

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 17, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
Location: Bellevue, WA
Workplace Type: On-site
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $145,900 – $197,400

About the Role

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network delivering fast, reliable internet globally. Amazon Leo Builder Product Services is seeking an experienced Senior Database Engineer in Bellevue, WA to lead the design, administration, optimization, and scaling of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL database environments supporting Siemens Teamcenter PLM and related manufacturing platform services.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Support MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL database solutions for Teamcenter PLM across development, test, and production environments.
  • Partner with Infrastructure teams to architect and deploy high availability, clustering, replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Execute core operational DBA duties including database provisioning, user access control, capacity planning, patch management, and system health monitoring.
  • Drive database migration initiatives, PostgreSQL adoption roadmaps, and Teamcenter upgrades.
  • Optimize database schemas, queries, and stored procedures across PostgreSQL and SQL Server.
  • Establish operational best practices for backup/recovery, replication, and high availability.
  • Evaluate emerging database technologies and implement advanced monitoring and observability tooling.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship required due to export control and government regulations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of hands-on database administration and engineering experience managing Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture, query planning, indexing strategies, partitioning, WAL configuration, and backup/recovery.
  • Proven experience with high availability and disaster recovery solutions (streaming replication, logical replication, failover mechanisms).
  • Strong performance tuning and query optimization skills across relational database platforms.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • PostgreSQL certification (such as EDB PostgreSQL Associate/Professional) or Microsoft Azure Database Administrator certification.
  • Experience with Siemens Teamcenter PLM data model architecture (BMIDE, Item/ItemRevision, BOM management).
  • Experience with AWS database services (RDS for PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS for SQL Server).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD build pipelines and infrastructure-as-code automation.
  • Knowledge of database monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Grafana, SSMS).

Benefits & Perks

  • Base salary of $145,900 – $197,400 plus sign-on payments and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription, and life insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.
  • Generous paid time off, parental leave, and flexible spending accounts.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer.

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