Software Development Engineer, AWS Simple Workflow

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world leader in providing a highly reliable scalable low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers tens of thousands of businesses around the world!

Do you enjoy working on distributed systems and solving problems of consistency durability and availability Are you interested in building a large-scale distributed system that runs on several thousands of nodes and can be resilient in different situations like infrastructure failures network partitions etc. to provide a seamless customer experience

If so then come join Amazon Simple Workflow team (SWF) ! Amazon SWF is an orchestration service for building scalable distributed applications. Often an application consists of several different tasks to be performed in particular sequence controlled by a set of dynamic conditions. Amazon SWF makes it very easy for developers to architect and implement these tasks run them in the cloud or on premise and coordinate their flow.

Were looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas including distributed computing large-scale system design networking and data storage security; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer youll be expected to develop best practices refine operational procedures and constantly innovate proactively. Youll continuously identify areas of growth within the existing frameworks tools and processes to develop further technical mechanisms to reduce waste and continuously improve. Youll collaborate with engineers throughout the company who are building the next big thing in cloud computing. We need our engineers to be versatile display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Key job responsibilities
Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive design and bring innovative products and services to market.
Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
Build distributed storage index and query systems that are scalable fault-tolerant low cost and easy to manage/use.
Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

A day in the life
The challenges SDEs solve for at Amazon are big and influence millions of customers sellers and products around the world. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about creating new products features and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company where development cycles are measured in days or weeks not years.


About the team
Youll work with engineers who bring diverse perspectives share knowledge generously and genuinely have each others backs. We foster a culture of growth inclusivity and collaboration where everyones ideas matter and the best solutions win.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN BC Vancouver - 114800.00 - 191800.00 CAD annually