Software Dev Engineer II, Aurora Storage
Amazon · Redmond, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role on the Amazon Aurora Storage platform team, focused on designing, building, and maintaining components of a large-scale distributed database system running across tens of thousands of servers in multiple data centers. The work spans the full development lifecycle — architecture, coding, testing, and operations — with an expectation of mentoring peers and contributing to cross-functional technical decisions. Suited to engineers with a background in distributed or multi-threaded systems.
Mid level · 3+ years · Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 90 people in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 55–130
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $149,415 (middle half $105,490–$174,157). 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 Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is located in Redmond, WA. Redmond is part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CBSA (42660), not the Bremerton CBSA — mapped accordingly.
The language requirement lists C#, C++, Java, or Perl as interchangeable alternatives; C++ is listed first and is most common in systems/storage work, so it is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
The JD hard-requires a Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
The overall experience gate is '3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience', used as the overall years minimum. The 1-year sub-requirements for specific skills are captured on those skills.
The title carries no seniority level word; the requirements (3+ years overall, 1-year sub-gates) support a Mid-level band despite the senior-sounding narrative about mentoring and leadership.
Preferred qualifications mention full SDLC experience (code reviews, source control, testing, operations) but name no specific tools, so no additional preferred skills are emitted.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range for Redmond, WA, with additional sign-on and RSU components noted in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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