The AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) is one of the fastest-growing AWS businesses, providing super-simple provisioning and management for databases in the cloud. Customers can set up a new database with just a few clicks, and complex administrative tasks like scaling, fail-over, and monitoring are all handled in an automated fashion by our control systems. Operating such a large-scale system comes with the challenge of building sophisticated and reliable control systems automations and management tools that allow us to provide improved control, visibility and predictability. The RDS Operations team are looking for a talented, passionate and inquisitive Software Development Manager with experience managing highly distributed systems at scale. The ideal candidate will look like this…. Be great fun to work with. Our company credo is “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”. The right candidate will love what they do and instinctively know how to make work fun. Enjoy being a really great people
· BS degree or higher in Computer Science or related field · 7+ years’ experience building scalable, fault tolerant software or distributed systems. · · Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers · · Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as Java, Python, C++ · · Knowledge of at least one scripting language (e.g. PERL, Ruby, PHP) · · Deep hands-on technical expertise (3+ years) in at least one major technical area: large scale Unix systems engineering, building complex distributed systems, Site