Description Looking to be part of a team building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud where you have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?Aurora is one of the fastest-growing AWS services, with business and engineering decisions having a widespread impact across many of the world's fastest growing businesses! Our customers depend on the performance of our services to scale and support their mission-critical workloads.Aurora Limitless Database combines novel distributed database techniques with an innovative serverless platform and heat management capabilities to automatically scale to millions of write transactions per second and manages petabytes of storage within a single database. Limitless Database builds on top of Aurora, a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system that auto-scales up to 128TB in a single volume.As an Engineer in the Aurora PostgreSQL team, you will re‑invent distributed database algorithms and protocols, and implement major database components to allow Amazon Aurora to scale and perform for the growing customer demands.We are looking for Software Development Engineers who have built a lot of software – shipped products and created tools and modules. You should be passionate about optimizing the database performance and software development experience at a very large scale, using your strong technical skills and motivation to achieve results. You are naturally enthusiastic about learning new technologies and industry trends and are excited by the idea of solving hard technical challenges. You are empathetic and curious, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we are building.Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Our entire team is located in the Toronto office. Majority of team is present between 10am and 4pm and we provide flexibility for people to structure their working hours around them.We pay close attention to onboarding process and support for new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Project assignments are planned according to development plan of each team member. With this approach team members are constantly progressing on their career paths which enable them to take on more complex projects in the future.Come, join us in reinventing database systems for the cloud!Basic Qualifications3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experienceExperience programming with at least one software programming languagePreferred Qualifications3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experienceAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well‑being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.CAN, ON, Toronto - 114,800.00 - 191,800.00 CAD annually#J-18808-Ljbffr