Senior Software Development Engineer, Aurora Control Plane Developer Experience

Overview In this role you will help build and scale Aurora’s cloud-native database services, delivering reliable, high-performance systems for millions of users. You will work on the Aurora Control Plane, shaping developer experience and tooling to accelerate partner teams and customers. Expect to own architecture and key components end-to-end, while mentoring engineers and partnering across organizations. This opportunity combines startup-like ownership with the scale and stability of AWS, offering meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment. Compensation / Benefitsmentorship and career growthwork-life balanceflexible working cultureinclusive team culture ResponsibilitiesOwn design and development of critical system software components for cloud database servicesArchitect, design, and implement highly scalable distributed database systems with availability and performance guaranteesHands-on development including building rock-solid componentsMentor engineers and lead cross-functional projectsOwn full software development lifecycle to improve customer experience at scaleCollaborate with teams to shape technology and product direction Key requirementsExperience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leadExperience leading architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, scaling)Professional software development experience (non-internship)Programming in Java, C++, or C# with object-oriented designBachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentstrong communicationleadershipcustomer focusJavaC++C#