2 months ago
Dublin, IrelandMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and improve highly available, scalable, low-latency in-memory database services for AWS ElastiCache and MemoryDB.
- Design and implement horizontal and vertical scaling, data replication, data sharding, and migration algorithms.
- Develop robust authentication and authorization protocols.
- Contribute new features and performance optimizations to the open-source Valkey community.
- Investigate operational gaps, perform root-cause analysis, and resolve reliability issues.
- Participate in design reviews, knowledge sharing, and daytime on-call responsibilities typically once every two to three months.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles.
- Preferred experience with the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Preferred programming experience with C, C++, or Rust.
Benefits
- The role is primarily co-located in the Dublin office, with occasional remote work supported.
- Core in-office hours are generally 10am to 4pm, with flexibility around working hours.
- The team provides onboarding buddies, mentorship, knowledge sharing, and career-development resources.
- The position includes daytime on-call approximately once every two to three months, without expected overnight or weekend paging.
- The team promotes an inclusive culture with affinity groups, inclusion events, and respect for diverse perspectives.
About Amazon
Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.