Amazon
Software Dev Engineer III, AWS Distributed SQL
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted May 11, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the three stated software development, programming, and design/architecture areas; leadership experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead is also required.
About the job
Designs and develops the storage component of Aurora DSQL, building and operating distributed data and transaction-management systems for a cloud database service.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and deliver distributed, high-performance data and transaction-management algorithms and solutions.
- Deploy and monitor features in highly available, fault-tolerant cloud systems; create metrics and automation and resolve software defects.
- Participate in design discussions and code reviews, mentor colleagues, and collaborate with stakeholders on technical and business decisions.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Aurora DSQL, AWS, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
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