Database Engineer III - AMZ9917997
Amazon Flex
Qualifications
Education
Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Design and develop specialized DBA tools and automation to enhance database performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
- Create machine learning-based anomaly detection systems.
- Develop monitoring frameworks using AMSR.
- Enhance troubleshooting tools.
- Build automation for cost and peak event management.
- Lead the end-to-end launch and scaling of databases for new Fulfillment Centers (FCs) and External Fulfillment Platforms (EFP).
- Drive the expansion of sequencing implementations across other service teams.
- Optimize and monitor production database environments.
- Implement recovery solutions using AWS cloud architectures.
- Support efforts to reduce fleet costs.
- Evaluate and integrate newly beta-tested technologies into Amazon's DB stack.
- Tune database performance and plan for scaling and peak load requirements.
- Migrate applications between Amazon's RDBMS and NoSQL technologies.
- Participate in hiring, mentor junior engineers, conduct code and design reviews.
Experience Requirements
Required
one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
Required Skills
Technical Skills
Full Job Description
Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC
Job Location: Seattle, Washington
Position Responsibilities:
- Design and develop specialized DBA tools and automation to enhance database performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
- This includes creating machine learning-based anomaly detection systems, developing monitoring frameworks using AMSR, enhancing troubleshooting tools, and building automation for cost and peak event management.
- Lead the end-to-end launch and scaling of databases for new Fulfillment Centers (FCs) and External Fulfillment Platforms (EFP), ensuring proper sequencing and readiness for production.
- Drive the expansion of sequencing implementations across other service teams.
- Optimize and monitor production database environments, implement recovery solutions using AWS cloud architectures, and support efforts to reduce fleet costs.
- Evaluate and integrate newly beta-tested technologies into Amazon's DB stack and work on tuning database performance and planning for scaling and peak load requirements.
- Migrate applications between Amazon's RDBMS and NoSQL technologies where appropriate.
- Participate in hiring, mentor junior engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and help ensure engineering best practices are upheld across the team.
- Utilize technologies such as Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL), RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Redshift, Apollo, and internal tools like Amazon Pipelines and Brazil Build System.
Position Requirements:
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
- Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and one year of experience.
- Must have one year of experience in the following skills: (1) experience with RDS (PostgreSQL and MySQL), Redshift, or other RDBMS systems; (2) experience in UNIX shell and SQL; (3) experience in database migrations and creation of objects in SQL and NoSQL technologies; (4) experience with DynamoDB, NoSQL Databases, or other relational databases; and (5) experience with Python, Ruby, Java, Perl, or a related procedural language.
Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.
40 hours/week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $149,989/year to $197,400/year.
Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.





