Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Keyspaces

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$151,300 - $261,500
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS
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Description For Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Keyspaces

Amazon Keyspaces is a scalable, highly available, and managed Apache Cassandra–compatible database service. It is serverless, so customers don't have to provision, patch, or manage servers, or install, maintain, or operate software. Amazon Keyspaces leverages open-source Apache Cassandra software, used by enterprises worldwide to meet their business's scale and operational needs.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer for Amazon Keyspaces, you will:

  • Build and maintain high-scale distributed databases
  • Lead project design and implementation
  • Lead and deliver projects with multiple SDEs
  • Mentor new hires and juniors
  • Maintain operational excellence for multiple microservices

You will work on the hardest engineering problems in distributed systems at a massive scale. This hands-on position involves owning everything from end to end: requirements gathering, designs, design reviews, implementations, code reviews, incremental feature launches, operations, mentoring, and driving continuous improvement.

The team values work-life balance and offers flexibility in working hours. They have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, fostering an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough code reviews. The team is dedicated to supporting new members and focuses on career growth, assigning projects that help team members develop into better-rounded engineers.

Join Amazon Keyspaces to work on innovative solutions, exercise your intellectual curiosity, and collaborate with motivated teams of sharp individuals while receiving insightful guidance from senior and principal engineers.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Keyspaces

  • Building and maintaining high scale distributed database
  • Leading project design and implementation
  • Leading and delivering projects with multiple SDEs
  • Mentoring new hires and junior engineers
  • Maintaining operational excellence for multiple microservices

Requirements For Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Keyspaces

Java
Cassandra
  • 5+ 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

Benefits For Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Keyspaces

Medical Insurance
Equity
  • Medical, financial, and other benefits
  • Equity
  • Sign-on payments
  • Flexible working hours

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