Senior Software Engineer - Query Optimization, Aurora DSQL
Amazon · East Palo Alto, CA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in East Palo Alto, CA. The posting calls out experience with SQL, AWS, Serverless, Distributed Systems. Compensation is listed at $193,300–$261,500 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- East Palo Alto, CA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- Oct 2, 2025
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. Aurora DSQL provides active-active high availability, providing strong data consistency designed for 99.99% single-Region and 99.999% multi-Region availability. Aurora DSQL automatically manages and scales system resources, so you don't have to worry about maintenance downtime and provisioning, patching, or upgrading infrastructure. We are seeking an engineer to enhance the query optimization and execution layer of Aurora DSQL. The role focuses on designing and implementing query optimization algorithms, cost-based optimization strategies, and core execution engine improvements. The ideal candidate has deep experience with database system internals and query optimizer architectures. Key job responsibilities Our engineers collaborate across diverse teams, projects, and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base. You’ll bring a passion for innovation, data, search, analytics, and distributed systems. You’ll also: - Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack. - Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security. - Build high-quality, highly available, always-on products. - Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers. A day in the…