senior data engineering Database Engineer ic · Posted Mar 26, 2026
$145,900 – $197,400
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Database Engineer in the data engineering function based in Redmond, WA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, PostgreSQL, Security, Testing. Compensation is listed at $145,900–$197,400 per year.

Role
Database Engineer
Function
data engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Redmond, WA
Department
Software Development
Posted
Mar 26, 2026

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Job description

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Do you want to work in Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL which is one of the fastest growing AWS businesses? PostgreSQL is the only DBMS that has been named the database of the year 3 times by DB-Engines DBMS of the year. It is one of the fastest growing databases in the industry where related expertise and experience is highly sought after. Our team’s (the Database Engineering Team for RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL) mission is to build, improve and manage PostgreSQL as a fully managed database service. This is not a typical DBA or DBE role where you manage databases for specific customers. Instead, you are an integral part of the core database engineering team as you will work closely with developers and product and program managers. You will engage and contribute in the full product cycle: feature brainstorming, design, implementation, validation and customer escalation. AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and…

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