Software Development Engineer II, Aurora Storage, Aurora Storage

Description
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, youll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Build the storage backbone powering millions of databases worldwide. Join Aurora Storages Fabric team to architect foundational systems that ensure excellence for Amazons cloud-native database service used by customers globally.
As an SDE-II on the Aurora Storage Fabric team, youll design and build critical infrastructure that keeps Aurora running at scale—from intelligent volume placement and auto-scaling to health monitoring and storage repair systems. Youll work on challenging distributed systems problems that directly impact AWS customers database reliability and performance. This role offers the opportunity to innovate on next-generation storage platforms while collaborating with senior technical leaders and principal engineers who are shaping the future of cloud databases.
What Makes This Role Exciting
Massive impact: Your code will support the storage layer for one of AWSs fastest-growing database services
Technical depth: Solve complex distributed systems challenges involving petabyte-scale storage, automated healing, and intelligent resource management
Innovation focus: Help build the modern, cost-efficient foundational platform that enables Auroras next wave of capabilities
Growth environment: Work alongside experienced engineers including Sr. SDEs and Principal Engineers who invest in your technical development
Ownership culture: Drive projects from design to deployment with autonomy and support
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer II on the Aurora Storage Fabric team, you will design, develop, and maintain critical infrastructure systems. Youll own end-to-end delivery of distributed systems components, write high-quality scalable code, conduct code reviews, and ensure system reliability. Working closely with senior and principal engineers, youll architect solutions for petabyte-scale storage challenges while balancing immediate operational needs with long-term platform goals. Youll drive projects from conception through deployment, make data-driven decisions using metrics and monitoring, and contribute to the teams technical roadmap by identifying innovation opportunities. This role requires strong ownership, mentoring junior engineers, and continuously improving the reliability and efficiency of Auroras foundational storage platform.
A day in the life
Day-to-day, youll collaborate with the Aurora Storage Fabric team and partner with other Aurora Storage teams to ensure seamless integration of foundational services, solving problems. Youll write and review code, analyze system metrics to identify performance bottlenecks, participate in design discussions for petabyte-scale solutions, and during on-call rotations, respond to operational issues while conducting root cause analyses to improve system resilience. Youll engage with stakeholders across Aurora teams to gather requirements, prioritize features enabling next-generation database innovations, and maintain Auroras industry-leading availability commitments.
About The Team
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Basic Qualifications

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  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
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
  

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Job ID: A10487361