The role involves working with the Amazon Redshift Data Foundation team to address complex challenges in petabyte-scale distributed data systems. The engineer will focus on enhancing storage, metadata, durability, and reliability guarantees for Redshift. This position requires a strong understanding of distributed systems and storage internals, with an emphasis on performance optimization. The team values innovation and aims to keep Redshift at the forefront of cloud analytics.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
• 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with databases and distributed systems

• Innovate system architectures that address scalability, reliability, and performance for large-scale distributed systems.
• Design and develop core storage, metadata, and catalog subsystems that operate reliably at petabyte scale.
• Solve large-scale, high-complexity problems spanning data durability, availability, consistency, and performance.
• Debug deep, cross-cutting issues that require understanding the full stack.
• Drive performance improvements in storage I/O paths, metadata access patterns, and catalog operations.
• Improve reliability and durability guarantees through resilient system design and automated recovery.
• Mentor and grow junior engineers through design reviews and technical guidance.
• Raise the bar on operational excellence by building deep observability and reducing operational toil.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.