Sr. MySQL Database Engineer, RDS/Aurora MySQL Database Engineering Team

Requirements

• Several years' experience designing and running MySQL relational databases in a large-scale, enterprise environment
• Several years' experience engineering, administering and managing multiple relational database engines (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, SQLServer, PostgreSQL)
• Working knowledge of relational database internals (locking, consistency, serialization, recovery paths)
• Systems engineering experience, including Linux performance, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, networking, clusters and troubleshooting
• Coding skills in the procedural language for at least one database engine (PL/SQL, T-SQL, etc.) and at least one scripting language (shell, Python, Perl)

Nice to Haves

• Consulting experience working with multiple customers
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues in writing

What You'll Be Doing

• Collaborate with the software delivery team on detailed design reviews for new feature development
• Work with customers to identify root cause for ambiguous, complex database issues where the engine is not working as desired
• Working across teams to improve operational toolsets and internal mechanisms
• Authoring detailed designs for new features and/or future feature updates
• Mentoring more junior engineers in their ongoing growth and development
• Participating in on call rotation every ~5-6 weeks

Perks and Benefits

• Comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform
• Inclusive team culture promoting diversity and curiosity
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities
• Work-life balance with flexible work hours and arrangements