senior data engineering Database Engineer ic · Posted May 5, 2026
$176,600 – $239,000
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Database Engineer in the data engineering function based in Santa Monica, CA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, Cloud Computing. Compensation is listed at $176,600–$239,000 per year.

Role
Database Engineer
Function
data engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Santa Monica, CA
Department
Solutions Architect
Posted
May 5, 2026

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Job description

from Amazon careers

Are you a customer-obsessed builder with deep expertise in database design and architecture? Do you have the technical acumen and business savvy to help customers successfully migrate their most critical data workloads to AWS? Join the Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) within the Media Entertainment team as a Senior Database Specialist Solutions Architect—a senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical expertise in Database technologies and Data Architecture and Data foundation for AI. The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS), responsible for driving revenue and accelerating adoption across enterprise customers. We work backwards from our customers' most complex migration challenges to develop and execute go-to-market plans that transform legacy infrastructure into modern, cloud-native architectures. As part of WWSO, you will contribute across the full lifecycle of AWS customer migration initiatives—from initial assessment to post-migration optimization. Key job responsibilities In this role, you will translate customer infrastructure challenges into comprehensive data architecture strategies leveraging AWS. You will define and design large-scale Database/Data architectures that accelerate adoption of AWS services across storage, data, and analytics domains. You will engage with senior engineers, architects, data leaders, and executives at strategic enterprise customers to influence migration decisions and…

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