Do you want to be part of a team that supports critical payment related services for Amazon with air-tight security and five-nine availability, that serve millions of requests per minute? Do you want to be part of a fun group that explores cutting edge technology, with a culture of learning from each other and developing each other? Do you want to be part of an organization that will be in the center of projects that will shape the future of the payments industry? If you answer yes to any of the questions above, this position is for you! Amazon Payments Team is currently looking for a talented Database Engineer with 5+ years of experience for its Seattle office to design, develop and manage the persistence solutions to serve Amazon Payment needs. This position offers opportunity to become an expert on PostgresSQL, AWS persistence technologies RDS and RedShift. As a database engineer, you will work directly with software engineers to implement solutions to accommodate our growth through
· BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and experience. · Handling Backup and recovery, performance issues, managing MySQL/PostgreSQL/ AWS Redshift databases. · Five or more years of industry experience, including at least four years of hands-on DB administration, three or more years hands-on DB development projects · Fluency in MySQL/PostgreSQL/Redshift DB technologies and tools, DB development · Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of working effectively with Development Engineering and other functions · Converting logical to