Senior Software Development Engineer – Aurora PostgreSQL

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 27, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Location: Redmond, WA
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: 168,100.00 – 227,400.00 USD annually

About the Role

Are you interested in building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? This role focuses on the PostgreSQL-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora, a relational database offering enterprise-class performance and durability within AWS. You will be part of a senior team building highly scalable distributed database systems.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
  • Solve challenging technical problems at every layer of the stack, including distributed systems and concurrency.
  • Architect, design, and implement highly scalable distributed database systems across multiple datacenters worldwide.
  • Create Metrics, Implement Automation and resolve the root cause of software defects.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and programming experience.
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
  • PostgreSQL internals knowledge is preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Mentorship & Career Growth opportunities.
  • Work/Life Balance focus.

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

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