Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
Aurora is a distributed, fault-tolerant database service leveraging a self-healing storage system that performs up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases. As one of the fastest-growing AWS services, Aurora impacts many of the world's fastest growing businesses by supporting their mission-critical workloads with exceptional performance and reliability. Operating with a flat organizational structure and a casual office environment, the team combines the agility of a start-up with the resources and stability of the largest cloud provider.

The AWS Aurora Control Plane Developer Experience team focuses on improving the Aurora customer experience through innovative projects such as Ultra Fast Create, which reduced cluster creation time from six minutes to mere seconds. We are seeking Software Development Engineers with extensive software development experience, including shipping products, management consoles, services, and modules. You should be passionate about optimizing software development at large scale, motivated to achieve results, and enthusiastic about learning new technologies and solving complex technical challenges.

Aurora is part of AWS Utility Computing (UC), which delivers product innovations across foundational services like Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2, as well as new product features that differentiate AWS in the cloud industry. As a member of the UC organization, you will support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, Platform, and Productivity Apps services, including specialized security solutions for cloud customers. Join us in reinventing database systems for the cloud!

About the Team
The team is focused on customer developer experience and collaborates closely with Aurora Serverless, Aurora Storage, and Aurora Platform teams across the organization.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet all preferred qualifications. We welcome applicants from non-traditional career paths or with alternative experiences.

Why AWS?
AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, trusted by startups and Global 500 companies alike. We continuously innovate to deliver robust products and services that power businesses worldwide.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS fosters curiosity and connection through employee-led affinity groups and inclusion events that promote collaboration and empower individuals.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We provide extensive knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career development resources to help you grow as a professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony and strive for flexibility to support success both at work and at home.

Experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
- Professional software development experience with at least one modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience leading architecture and design of new and existing systems, focusing on reliability and scalability
- Recent development experience within the last 3 years

About You
Passionate about optimizing software development experiences at scale, motivated to achieve results, enthusiastic about learning new technologies, and excited to solve challenging technical problems.

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent preferred
- Experience with full software development lifecycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations