Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and Postgres compatible, relational database service that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to five times better performance than MySQL at a price point one tenth that of a commercial database while delivering similar performance and availability. Amazon Aurora is powered by an auto-scaling, auto-healing, distributed storage cluster of massive world-wide scale.
Amazon Aurora Global Database enables customers to replicate their data across multiple AWS Regions with sub-second replication lag, providing cross-region disaster recovery. It supports both MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility and allows customers to serve globally distributed read traffic with local latency while maintaining a single, consistent source of truth. Aurora Global Database is powered by Aurora's innovative storage-level replication technology.
The Aurora Global Database team is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer who is excited about building globally distributed replication systems that span dozens of AWS Regions and serve mission-critical workloads for the world's largest enterprises. Customer demand for cross-region disaster recovery has reached an all-time peak as organizations accelerate cloud adoption and face increasingly stringent compliance, data sovereignty, and business continuity requirements. You will own the design and implementation of core systems that power cross-region failover, managed planned switchover, write forwarding, and global consistency guarantees at massive scale.
Key job responsibilities
In this hands-on position, you will design and build high-performance replication pipelines, drive cross-Region failover orchestration, and define the architecture for the next generation of global database capabilities. You will mentor engineers across the team, influence technical direction, and deliver solutions that directly improve recovery time for customers during regional outages. A successful candidate will bring deep expertise in distributed systems, strong ownership, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment where the work you do has immediate, measurable business impact for AWS customers worldwide.
About the team
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
