Sr. Software Development Engineer - Amazon Athena, Athena - Fundamentals

26 Sep 2024

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Job summaryHave you ever wanted to work on state-of-the-art Big Data, Query and Serverless systems that will make a lasting impact on technology? We are looking for Senior Software Development Engineers for AWS Athena who have the passion to tackle tough problems by scaling and deploying cutting edge serverless query engine technologies to customers around the world. We are used by one of the biggest names in tech and the business world for their analytics.

Athena is ANSI SQL engine that works with a variety of standard data formats, including CSV, JSON, ORC, Avro, and Parquet. Athena is ideal for quick, ad-hoc querying but it can also handle complex analysis, including large joins, window functions, and arrays and everything traditional DW can do. Athena is highly available and executes queries using compute resources across multiple sites.

This team in particular is in charge of scaling and deploying Athena. We own the deployment pipelines, tooling, and work on cross-cutting projects on one of the most interesting databases on Earth. You will continue to grow your technical leadership skills in this role as you:
  • Demonstrate your overall technical competencies and your analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Work directly with senior and principal engineers to define the architectural roadmap of Athena and dependent services
  • Oversee the design process, implementation schedule, and delivery to customers in a fast-paced environment
  • Work closely with senior leadership to develop the long-term business strategy and feature roadmap
  • Bring a deep understanding of software development methodologies to the team
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage a service with high availability, and continue to learn and develop the skills needed to lead a service team with the high operational excellence bar expected by AWS
  • Contribute to Amazon's intellectual property through patents and/or external publications
Team Culture

One of the keys to AWS's success is its top-tier growth culture. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple AWS development leaders who can help you accelerate your career and bring ideas to market. You will be working closely with a talented team of engineers, product managers, and software managers that will push your technical abilities while you bring new innovations to a widely adopted and fast-growing product.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life BalanceOur team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months. We don't like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don't get paged for the same issue twice.

Mentorship & Career GrowthOur team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 4+ years of professional software development experience
  • 3+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
  • 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team
  • BS, MS in Computer Science, Applied Math or related Engineering fields with 5+ years of relevant work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
  • Ability to drive tasks to completion and take ownership of projects
  • Experience with serverless architectures
  • Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
  • Experience owning, building, and scaling deployment pipelines
  • Write very high quality code that is robust and easy to maintain
  • Experience building and operating distributed systems at large scale
  • Possess excellent communication, sharp analytical abilities, and proven design skills
  • Experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems is a plus
  • Familiarity with JDBC/ODBC, SQL query processing, and distributed query engines is a plus
  • Experience with large-scale data analytics and data warehousing is a plus

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Workers in New York City who perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business must show proof they have been fully vaccinated against COVID or request and receive approval for a reasonable accommodation, including medical or religious accommodation.

  • ID: #45995284
  • State: New York New york city 10001 New york city USA
  • City: New york city
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-09-26
  • Deadline: 2022-11-23
  • Category: Et cetera