Join the Amazon Analytics team within Amazon Web Services to work on Amazon Athena, an analytics service that simplifies insights from Amazon S3 data lakes. This role focuses on designing and building next-generation technologies to enhance Athena SQL for analytic workloads. You will tackle complex engineering challenges related to distributed systems and query engines while collaborating with a talented team. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a significant impact on products used by millions.

• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
• 1+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design.
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture of new and existing systems experience.
• 3+ years of experience with a Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, or 5+ years experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Very strong Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, data structures, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Strong proficiency in developing object-oriented software, with deep experience in one or more relevant languages (Java, C, C++, C#).
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
• Experience in query processing, query engines, and/or query optimization.
• Thorough understanding of parallel algorithms, concurrency, and asynchronous architectures.
• Proficiency in high-performance, multi-threaded programming.
• Knowledge of and contribution to the Hadoop ecosystem.

• Design and build the next-generation technologies for Athena SQL.
• Work on complex problems in distributed systems and query engines.
• Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.
• Deliver systems and features with top-notch quality, on time.
• Own the software development process end-to-end, including working with engineers and product managers to develop requirements.
• Design, architect, plan, implement, and test new systems and features.
• Deploy and operate the production Athena systems.

• 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.