Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Want to help make history in the world of big data and make it easy for customers to efficiently query and analyze petabytes and more of data? Come join the Amazon Athena team in AWS!
We are developing innovative new capabilities from the ground up that will transform the way customers analyze their data while also giving them high performance, low costs, and exceptional ease-of-use. We are a small, entrepreneurial team that operates independently, but with access to some of the top engineers in our field across AWS.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with senior and principal engineers who are domain experts at AWS. Youll develop deep expertise in areas like distributed systems, query engines, open source applications, performance optimization, and operational excellence. Youll also have the opportunity to work with and contribute to the leading open source big data and analytic frameworks like Hive, Spark, and Presto. You will enjoy competitive compensation and your contributions in this role will impact customers and businesses around the world.

Youll be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of our most strategic technical projects. Youll deliver large-scale, high performance production systems, design new software systems at the cutting edge of distributed technology, and have a significant bottom-line impact on our business results. You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers, complete hands-on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design
1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 3+ years of experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years experience, in: software development, including design, implementation, debugging, and support
Deep understanding of distributed systems and web services technology
Strong at applying data structures, algorithms, and object oriented design, to solve challenging problems
Knowledge of one or more modern programming languages such as C/, C, Java
Passion and ability to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve highly complex performance and operational issues

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience building high-throughput, low-latency multi-threaded systems. e.g. mission-critical network servers, embedded reactive systems
Experience designing and building sophisticated fault-tolerant distributed systems
Experience taking a lead role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and product management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Knowledge and experience with networking, virtualization and Linux kernel modules are a plus
Familiarity with JDBC/ODBC, SQL query processing, and distributed query engines

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