Senior Database Engineer, Aurora and Open Source

## Responsibilities * You work closely with our customers to understand their challenges, solve issues during critical escalations, and teach best practices. * You, acting as the "voice of the customer", bring learnings to the engineering process to design new features and plan end-to-end test scenarios. By shaping the direction of the Aurora Database services, you make it easier to understand how our service is used by customers, including database developers and administrators. * You will actively drive feature enhancements, permanently resolve the root causes of issues, and improve the performance of our managed database service. * You will contribute to automation solutions to improve the operational efficiency of the entire database service. * You are viewed as the ultimate subject matter expertise for all things databases as your work will be highly sought by the development team, the support team, the field teams, and customers directly. * You will interact with the open-source community via forums, conferences and feature or bug-fix code submissions. ## Requirements * 5+ Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, and decision making * 5+ years of relational database technology (such as Redshift, Oracle, MySQL or MS SQL) experience * 5+ Experience troubleshooting skills at all levels, from application to network to host * 3+ Experience in operations of highly available and scalable internet systems with a large customer base * 3+ Knowledge of the primary AWS services such as EC2, ELB, RDS, VPC, Route53, and S3 ## Nice to Have * 3+ years experience of a modern programming language (Ruby, Java, Python, or C#) * 3+ years of experience consulting, working with multiple different applications and workloads ## Benefits Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.