Senior Cloud Systems Engineer for Large-Scale GraphQL APIs

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 151,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RRSP plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC in Vancouver, BC, is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to own design and delivery of large, complex systems for AWS AppSync. You will mentor engineers, influence roadmaps, and drive architectural decisions across teams while maintaining high standards for security and reliability.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-team collaboration, and building scalable services that serve global API traffic with low latency and strong operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software language.
• 5+ years leading design or architecture of scalable systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale components of AWS AppSync.
• Drive the technical direction and architecture for significant areas of the service.
• Tackle ambiguous cross-team problems and translate them into clear designs and plans.
• Raise the bar on operational excellence, security, and code quality through reviews.

Skills

Software development

Architecture

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC in Vancouver, BC, is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to own design and delivery of large, complex systems for AWS AppSync. You will mentor engineers, influence roadmaps, and drive architectural decisions across teams while maintaining high standards for security and reliability.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-team collaboration, and building scalable services that serve global API traffic with low latency and strong operational excellence.