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Job summary
Do you want to work in Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL which is one of the fastest growing AWS businesses? PostgreSQL (the only DBMS that has been named the database of the year 3 times by DB-Engines DBMS of the year Blog (https://db-engines.com/en/blog/DBMS+of+the+year) is also one of the fastest growing database in the industry where related expertise and experience is highly sought after. Our team€™s (the Database Engineering Team For RDS PostgreSQL) mission is to build, improve and manage PostgreSQL as a fully managed database service. This is not a typical DBA/DBE role where you manage databases for specific customers. Instead, you are an integral part of the core database engineering team as you will work closely with developers and product/program managers. Your job responsibilities include:

You will translate customer€™s needs and use cases into technical innovation and robust engineering solutions.
You will act as the €œVoice of the Customer€ to help developers understand how customers use databases in the real world.
You will own the design for system level validation of the service.
You will actively drive feature enhancements, permanently resolve the root causes of issues, and improve the performance of our managed database service.
You are viewed as the ultimate subject matter expertise for all things databases as your work will be highly sought by support team, and account teams and customers directly.
You will interact with the open-source community via forums, conferences and feature or bug-fix code submissions.

In summary, you will engage and contribute in the full product cycle: feature brainstorming, design, implementation, validation and customer escalation.

*Work/Life Balance*
We are a globally distributed team currently spanning across Europe, Australia, and North America; and we are actively expanding in other global locations. As an added bonus, working from home with flexible working hour is built into our team structure by default. We put a high value on work-life balance. It isn€™t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it€™s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

*Mentorship & Career Growth*
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. As a team with ultimate subject matter expertise on databases, we have accumulated rich knowledge on database internals, best practices, and customer scenarios/case studies. We are a team of constant learners. 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, design and code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

*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 host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon€™s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

8 years experience building and maintaining complex mission-critical production database systems such as Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
5 years experience designing and maintaining PostgreSQL relational databases
5 years experience in systems engineering, including Linux performance, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, networking, clusters and troubleshooting.
5 years experience working with customers, resolving database, systems and infrastructure-related issues and also providing systems architecture leadership.
Experience migrating databases from commercial engines to PostgreSQL
Can analyzing issues holistically, from the application tier through the database, down to the storage.
Broad awareness of customer workloads and use cases, including performance, availability and scalability
Working knowledge of relational database internals (locking, consistency, serialization, recovery paths)
Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell, Python, Perl).
Working knowledge of at least one application programming language (Java, C#, C, C++, Go)
Coding skills in the procedural language for at least one database engine a must (pl/pgsql, PL/SQL, T-SQL etc.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience migrating application code from commercial database engines to PostgreSQL
Storage engineering experience, including NAS, SAN, SSD, multi-pathing and caching.
Experience developing extensions or patches for PostgreSQL project or ecosystem
Consulting experience

The pay range for this position in Colorado is $145K - $197K/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site. Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.