Software Development Engineer, RDS Platform

We are looking for a highly-skilled, experienced, and motivated software engineer to help us in our endeavour to make AWS the best place to operate relational databases. The RDS Platform team builds and operates the foundational infrastructure that powers every RDS and Aurora control plane operation — from the metadata layer that tracks millions of customer databases, to the backup and disaster recovery systems that ensure data durability for customers. This is a rare opportunity to work across cross-cutting technologies spanning database internals, distributed storage systems, and high‑availability architecture — building systems that customers depend on to reliably create, operate, protect, and recover their databases at any scale.

Key Job Responsibilities Build and operate systems that protect customer data and ensure RDS control plane reliability, including database access governance, event‑driven architectures, disaster recovery automation, and backup orchestration. Own all aspects of engineering including development, testing, deployment, and operational excellence of services that operate across millions of instances and must be resilient to failures at every layer. Work across team boundaries on shared infrastructure challenges, evolving legacy architectures, building platform capabilities that extend to multiple AWS organizations, and right‑sizing systems for the next decade of growth.

Resolve ambiguity, innovate on behalf of customers, and engage in constructive debate to strengthen ideas. Basic Qualifications 3+ years of professional software development experience (non‑internship). 2+ years of design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems (non‑internship). Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Preferred Qualifications 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. The base salary range for this position is 114,800.00 – 191,800.00 CAD annually. Job ID: A10424755 #J-18808-Ljbffr