Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking experienced software engineers for the Aurora Storage platform team, focused on building large-scale database services in the cloud. The role involves designing and developing significant software components critical to AWS's industry-leading database services, while also mentoring other engineers and driving efficiencies in software architecture. Responsibilities: Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack; Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security; Build high-quality, highly available, always-on products; Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers; Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base; Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders; Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input; Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff Qualifications: 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 1+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience; 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience; Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in computer science or equivalent Required Skills: Software development, Software design and architecture, Large-scale distributed systems, Multi-threaded software development, Embedded software development, C#, C++, Java, Perl, Communication, Leadership, Customer focus