Description

　　Amazon Web Services (AWS) internships are for 12 consecutive weeks during summer. By applying to this position, your application will be considered for the locations listed on this posting.

　　Amazon Aurora offers MySQL and Postgres compatible, relational database engines that combine the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to five times better performance than MySQL, up to twice the performance of PostgreSQL, all at a price point one tenth that of a commercial database while delivering similar performance and availability.

　　About the team

　　The Amazon Aurora team is looking for software developers who are passionate about databases and large-scale storage system technologies, and excited about building database systems that run across thousands of servers across multiple datacenters worldwide. These are core systems development positions where you will grow to own the design and development of significant system software components critical to our industry leading database services architected for the cloud.

　　We are looking for candidates who are exceptional in systems programming, data structures and algorithms, and advanced databases. Research and hands-on experience working in database research groups and labs is preferred. You not only need to be a top software developer with a good academic and/or research track record, but also need to excel in communication and leadership. This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor within a fast-growing business and help shape the technology and the product.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　• Design, implement and deliver state-of-the-art distributed, high-performance data and transaction management processing algorithms and solutions.

　　• Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available and fault tolerant system running in the cloud.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　East Palo Alto, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　• Master’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field with a graduation conferral date after December 2024

　　• Programming experience with Java, C or C+• Internship, project, or academic experience in at least one of the areas: internals, kernel, OS/storage systems, job scheduling, resource management, file systems, search, or performance engineering

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　• PhD Degree with focus on Systems / Information Theory, Databases, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related

　　• Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis

　　• Strong software development skills

　　Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $88,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $200,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.