Amazon Senior Software Engineer - Storage Redshift 

United States, California, East Palo Alto 

985509586

* Work on a disruptive product that’s still in its early stages* Solve challenging problems that will revolutionize database computing in the cloud* Build a product that will leverage the scale of resources available in the cloud* Work for a company that’s a recognized leader in the cloud computing space* Be involved in the fast growing, big data spaceWe are looking for developers with expertise and passion for building large scale distributed systems. Experience with parallel query optimization and execution, large scale data analytics, highly available/fault tolerant systems, replicated data storage, and operating complex services running in the cloud are all pluses.Key job responsibilities
* Translating functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design* Coding and testing complex system components* Participating in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards* Working with other teams to deliver and operate large scale, distributed services in the cloud* Overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance* Mentoring other engineers, defining our challenging technical culture, and helping to build a fast-growing team

- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience writing large scale production systems in C/C++
- Experience developing DBMS Internals, Kernel or OS/Storage components

- Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs
- Experiencing mentoring junior software development engineers and driving engineering excellence