Software Development Engineer, RDS SQL Server at Amazon
Redmond, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Aug 1, 2026
Redmond, WA
Nov 10, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a software engineering role on the Amazon RDS team, focused on building and maintaining the control and monitoring systems that manage highly available, replicated cloud databases at massive scale. Engineers design, implement, and operate distributed systems supporting multiple database engines (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, Aurora) across global datacenters. The role suits someone with a background in distributed systems, reliability engineering, or backend software development.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,350 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 570–2,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 3, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting's Basic Qualifications are unusually thin — only 3+ years of professional software development experience, 2+ years of design/architecture experience, and proficiency in at least one programming language. No specific language, framework, or platform is hard-gated.
The database engines (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, Aurora) and AWS appear only in narrative/context sections describing the product, not in any requirements block, so they are captured as preferred context rather than hard gates.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science appears only under Preferred Qualifications, so no minimum degree is required.
The listed salary range ($143,700–$194,400/year) is for the Redmond, WA location specifically; Amazon notes final compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and location.
The role's seniority is assessed as Mid based on the stated minimums (3 years experience, 2 years design), despite the scope of the product described — the requirements themselves are entry-to-mid level gates.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, systems design.
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