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Software Development Manager, AWS RDS PostgreSQL

at Amazon.com

📍 US, CA, East Palo Alto Unknown Posted March 26, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

Lead a senior engineering team developing AWS RDS PostgreSQL, focusing on distributed systems, database internals, and automation to improve database performance and reliability.

  • Lead engineering team
  • Design distributed database solutions
  • Optimize query performance
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Automate administrative tasks

Involves building and optimizing distributed relational database systems, automating administrative tasks, and working with high-performance systems on AWS cloud infrastructure.

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineering leader with extensive experience in distributed systems, database internals, and high-performance system design. They possess strong mentoring skills and a deep understanding of AWS cloud services, particularly PostgreSQL and SQL databases.

Software engineering leadershipDistributed systemsDatabase systemsMentoring junior engineersHigh-performance systems
Open source community experiencePatent experienceConference attendanceAutomation of administrative tasks
SQLPostgreSQLAWSAmazon Web Services
Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsConcurrencyDatabase InternalsCachingQuery OptimizationHigh-performance SystemsService DesignMentoringAWSAmazon Web ServicesPostgreSQLSQLOpen sourceAutomationFault Tolerant Systems
Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsConcurrencyDatabase InternalsCachingQuery OptimizationLanguagesPerformance EngineeringHigh-performance SystemsService Design
LeadershipMentoringTeam BuildingProblem DiagnosisAnalytical SkillsDesign SkillsOperational ResponsibilityHigh-level Technical Translation
Industry Cloud Computing / SaaS
Job Function Lead development and optimization of AWS RDS PostgreSQL database systems
Role Subtype Software Architect
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, SQL / PostgreSQL, Distributed Systems
Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsConcurrencyDatabase InternalsCachingQuery OptimizationHigh-performance SystemsService DesignMentoringAWSAmazon Web ServicesPostgreSQLSQLOpen sourceAutomationFault Tolerant Systemssoftware engineeringdistributed systemsdatabase internalsconcurrencyhigh-performance systemsmentoring

Lack of leadership experience in software engineering, No experience with distributed systems or databases, No AWS or cloud experience, Inability to mentor or build teams

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