Software Development Engineer, Amazon Tax

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 161,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational tech company in Vancouver seeks experienced software engineers to solve complex problems and operate mission-critical systems. Responsibilities include contributing to the entire software development lifecycle and leveraging GenAI to improve Tax services. Ideal candidates have over 3 years of software development experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science. Competitive salary ranges from $114,800 to $191,800 annually.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the software development and deployment lifecycle.
• Collaborate with customers and peers on new features.
• Leverage GenAI to solve internal Tax customer challenges.

Skills

Software development

Complex problem solving

Java

Linux

Oracle

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Description

Would you like to work on one of the world's largest transactional distributed systems? How about working with customers and peers from the entire range of Amazon's business on cool new features? Would you like to gain experience with using latest models of GenAI to solve real world problems?Whether you're passionate about building highly scalable and reliable systems or a software developer who likes to solve business problems, Amazon Tax Platform Services is the place for you.

We are responsible for the tax calculation platform, providing the core services that calculate taxes (sales tax and VAT) for all Amazon sales, physical and digital, globally. We thrive on providing the correct tax amounts to the customer at order time, and make sure audit records are stored safely to meet tax law requirements around the globe. Our team stays on top of the complex and ever-changing global tax rates and laws as well as computing calculations correctly and quickly, thousands of times a second, and each one needs to be right. As Tax Insights charter we solve our internal customers' challenges by leveraging GenAI. We are solving key challenges for Tax customer. From Searching Tax attributes, Discovering Tax concepts, to automation of Test results analysis.

We are looking for software engineers who thrive on complex problems to operate complex and mission-critical systems under extreme loads. Our systems manage hundreds of millions of records, and respond to millions of service requests per minute.

The successful candidate is expected to contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven and deliver high quality results in our Java, Linux and Oracle-based environment.

Responsibilities

Contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. Collaborate with customers and peers across Amazon's business on new features. Leverage GenAI to solve internal Tax customer challenges, including searching Tax attributes, discovering Tax concepts, and automation of test results analysis. Work in a Java, Linux, and Oracle-based environment to deliver high-quality results under heavy load.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's 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 for this position ranges from $114,800/year up to $191,800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.