Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while managing time-consuming database administration tasks, freeing you up to focus on your applications and business.
Amazon RDS is responsible for building database platform that enable applications to meet the challenges of high availability and massive scalability. Our group focuses on the challenges in this space by developing services and generic components that reflect the latest advances in data dissemination and replication, load balancing, autonomous management and repair.
We are looking for Senior Software Development Engineers who will lead Amazon RDS and AWS as a whole to deliver highly scalable and distributed systems and help drive the overall technical architecture for RDS. You will also be responsible for defining the development standards, mentoring junior engineers and hiring for the team. You will work with business and other AWS teams and translate the requirements to technical deliverables and guide the team through the actual launch. The successful applicant must possess excellent software development skills, working knowledge of relational databases, ability to learn new skills and concepts rapidly, and is able to work independently and is self-motivated. Candidates need to have a strong sense of ownership, passion to provide great customer experience and excellent troubleshooting skills even when in high-pressure situations.
Qualifications:
* Experience in an object oriented language such as Java, C#, or C++
* Understanding of web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, and REST.
* Strong understanding of performance, memory and I/O
* Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithm, enterprise systems, and asynchronous architectures.
* Strong understanding of system and application performance characteristics.
* Ability to work in a fast paced and agile development environment
* Passion for developing products which provide a great customer experience
* Motivation to drive tasks to completion and take ownership of projects
* Experience leading teams or managing projects a plus.
* Familiarity with a Unix/Linux development environment
* Should be genuinely excited about technology, have a strong interest in learning about and playing with the latest technologies. Must be a self-starter and motivated.
* BS/MS in Computer Science, (PhD a plus)
For more information on Amazon Web Services RDS please visit: http://aws.amazon.com/rds
** For more information on Amazon Web Services, please visit http://aws.amazon.com **![]()
Amazon RDS is responsible for building database platform that enable applications to meet the challenges of high availability and massive scalability. Our group focuses on the challenges in this space by developing services and generic components that reflect the latest advances in data dissemination and replication, load balancing, autonomous management and repair.
We are looking for Senior Software Development Engineers who will lead Amazon RDS and AWS as a whole to deliver highly scalable and distributed systems and help drive the overall technical architecture for RDS. You will also be responsible for defining the development standards, mentoring junior engineers and hiring for the team. You will work with business and other AWS teams and translate the requirements to technical deliverables and guide the team through the actual launch. The successful applicant must possess excellent software development skills, working knowledge of relational databases, ability to learn new skills and concepts rapidly, and is able to work independently and is self-motivated. Candidates need to have a strong sense of ownership, passion to provide great customer experience and excellent troubleshooting skills even when in high-pressure situations.
Qualifications:
* Experience in an object oriented language such as Java, C#, or C++
* Understanding of web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, and REST.
* Strong understanding of performance, memory and I/O
* Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithm, enterprise systems, and asynchronous architectures.
* Strong understanding of system and application performance characteristics.
* Ability to work in a fast paced and agile development environment
* Passion for developing products which provide a great customer experience
* Motivation to drive tasks to completion and take ownership of projects
* Experience leading teams or managing projects a plus.
* Familiarity with a Unix/Linux development environment
* Should be genuinely excited about technology, have a strong interest in learning about and playing with the latest technologies. Must be a self-starter and motivated.
* BS/MS in Computer Science, (PhD a plus)
For more information on Amazon Web Services RDS please visit: http://aws.amazon.com/rds
** For more information on Amazon Web Services, please visit http://aws.amazon.com **
Source: Joel On Software