Yes, a similar idea, but I don't aim to be 100% MongoDB compliant or full replacement. My goal is to use as many of PostgreSQL features as possible. Having the library level as translation will allow more scenarios like, e.g. sharing connection and using PostgreSQL hosting.
I'm planning to add methods for raw JSON path or, in general, raw SQL syntax to enable such fine-tuning and not need to always use MongoDB API. I agree that for many people, this would be better.
TLDR: AWS didn't want to pay for licenses and rolled out their own thing.