Software Development Engineer, Open Data Analytics - Engines

Job Description

Amazon Web Services Open Data Analytics (ODA) organization is looking for exceptional engineers to help provide the world’s best cloud Big Data processing platform and services such as EMR and Athena.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 3+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience in developing and operating distributed systems or applications at large scale
• Experience working on open table formats (Iceberg, Hudi, Delta) or query engines (Spark, Trino, Flink etc) is a huge plus
• Experience contributing to open source code bases, and collaborating with open source communities

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize core components of query engines and open table formats (Iceberg, Hudi, Delta) to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability
• Design and implement innovative solutions and algorithms to improve feature capabilities, stability, and security in table format integrations with query engines
• Collaborate with the open-source community, contributing to discussions, driving improvements, and integrating upstream changes
• Ensure data consistency and durability while achieving breakthrough performance and scalability for large-scale data lake workloads
• Improve the organizations automation and testing capabilities
• Manage complex deliverables project and research projects with deadlines
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding best practices
• Be a point of contact for challenging customer issues related to data lake workloads and query engine

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (multiple plan options)
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
• 401(k) with company match and various investment choices
• Company-paid life/AD&D and disability insurance
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) for employee ownership
• Child care and elder care referrals, adoption assistance
• Paid maternity and parental leave (including Ramp Back)
• Paid time off (PTO) and company holidays
• Employee discount on Amazon.com products
• Career Choice program (95% tuition and textbook coverage)