AWS: Sr. PostgreSQL Specialist Solutions Architect - Mailing list pgsql-jobs

Hello, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hiring Senior PostgreSQL Specialist Solutions Architects focused on Aurora PostgreSQL. We have three openings across multiple US locations.

Job Description

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As a Specialist Solutions Architect for Aurora PostgreSQL, you will be the technical authority that AWS's largest and most complex customers rely on to architect, migrate, and operate PostgreSQL workloads on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. This is not a generalist database role, you will go deep on Aurora PostgreSQL, partnering directly with customer engineers and CTOs to design production architectures that hold up under real-world pressure. You will collaborate closely with the Aurora service team to surface customer patterns, escalate feature gaps, and drive the product roadmap.

You will also serve as a thought leader and force multiplier: mentoring teammates, publishing technical content, presenting at AWS re:Invent, AWS Summits, and PostgreSQL community conferences (PGConf, PGDay), and establishing repeatable frameworks that raise the bar for PostgreSQL engagements worldwide.

Required Skills

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- ~10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting experience

- ~8+ years in a technology domain (software development, cloud, systems engineering, infrastructure, data & analytics)

- Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL or RDS for PostgreSQL

- Experience leading migrations to Aurora as the technical owner

- Experience with Aurora-specific features: storage architecture, fast cloning, Global Database, Performance Insights, Blue/Green Deployments

- Experience architecting or operating PostgreSQL at scale (multi-TB databases, tens of thousands of connections, cross-region replication)

- Software development experience (Python, Java, etc.)

Preferred Skills

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- ~5+ years designing, operating, or engineering PostgreSQL systems in

  production at scale

- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals: MVCC/vacuum, query planner, indexing strategies (B-tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN), replication (streaming and logical), pgvector, extension ecosystem, and connection management

- Experience with database migrations including schema conversion, data migration tooling, and performance validation

Locations

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Multiple US offices: Seattle (WA), Arlington/Herndon (VA), Dallas (TX), San Francisco (CA), New York (NY), Jersey City (NJ)

Apply here:

- https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10476728/worldwide-specialist-solutions-architect-database-data-ai-gtm

- https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10476730/worldwide-specialist-solutions-architect-database-data-ai-gtm

- https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10456992/worldwide-specialist-solutions-architect-database-data-ai-gtm

Please reply directly to me with any questions you have about these roles.