Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, RDS (AWS)

Role Overview

Build, improve, and manage PostgreSQL as a fully managed database service for the Relational Database Service (RDS) team at Amazon Web Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to understand their challenges, solve issues during critical escalations, and teach best practices.
• Act as the voice of the customer to bring learnings to the engineering process, design new features, and plan end-to-end test scenarios.
• Drive feature enhancements, permanently resolve root causes of issues, and improve the performance of the managed database service.
• Serve as the ultimate subject matter expert for all things databases, working with development, support, account, and customer teams.
• Interact with the open‑source community through forums, conferences, and feature or bug‑fix code submissions.
• Extend knowledge to other database engines beyond PostgreSQL.

Basic Qualifications

• DBE experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package includes health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Basic Life & AD&D insurance, Supplemental life plans, Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Location & Compensation

Redmond, WA, USA – Salary range: $145,900.00 to $197,400.00 annually.

EEO Statement

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.