Sr Software Development Manager - Aurora Postgresql Job in Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Are you interested in building hyper-scale PostgreSQL database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS Aurora databases?


Amazon is breaking new ground and changing the rules for relational Databases. The PostgreSQL-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora is helping customers have enterprise performance, availability and durability, along with compatibility with the world's most advanced open source database - PostgreSQL. We believe that Database Services, while already a large profitable businesses, is in it's infancy. Over the next few years, it will represent a very large business. We are looking for an experienced technical leader to take our early lead in the database services market and extend it by defining and delivering industry leading next generation storage service purpose built for databases.

In this role, you will take responsibility for growing and leading a database software development team responsible for rethinking the assumptions behind how traditional database services were built and thinking how to build database services best suited for the cloud. You will develop the design, implementation, testing and deployment of these services. You will draw from your deep and broad technical and management expertise to mentor senior engineers and managers, complete hands-on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues, design tradeoffs, and feature and schedule prioritization. This is one of our most strategic technical projects with a long-term vision and an opportunity to deliver both significant business and industry-wide technical impact. As an engineering leader within Database Services, you will also work with senior executives to develop business targets and resource requirements, influence our technical and business strategy, help hire talented engineers and managers, and conceive innovative new solutions for our customers.

This position within the Database Services team represents a unusual opportunity to shape the technology and future of a rapidly evolving industry and business. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software expertise, the ability to define visionary, ground breaking products, the ability to hire and lead a team, the desire to have an industry wide impact and ability to work within a fast moving, startup environment in a large company to rapidly deliver services that have a broad business impact. As with all positions, you will also be deeply customer-centric.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering AND 10+ years of relevant experience OR 15+ years of relevant work experience, 7 of which must be in developing software
- 6+ years in engineering people management positions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Masters or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering with a minimum of 15 years of relevant software development and engineering management experience
- A leadership position in a team delivering database kernel, virtualized storage, distributed systems or operating systems
- Work experience delivering one or more version one products, ideally in a startup setting


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