Software Development Engineer, AWS AppSync

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RRSP

DPSP

Paid time off

Wellness resources

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to independently design, implement, test, and operate meaningful parts of the AWS AppSync service. You will own end-to-end delivery from design through production and contribute to architectural decisions with senior engineers.

The role emphasizes improving operational excellence, security, and quality, collaborating with teams worldwide to ship features for customers across the globe.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of system design or architecture experience.
• Experience programming with at least one programming language.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate features and components of AWS AppSync.
• Own delivery of well-scoped projects end to end, from design through production.
• Contribute to the team's technical designs and decisions through design and code reviews.
• Improve operational excellence, security, and quality in the areas you own.
• Work with senior engineers to deliver features to customers around the globe.

Skills

Software development experience

System design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Job description

AWS AppSync is a fully managed, serverless service for building GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs that securely connect applications to data and events at scale. Developers use AppSync to bring together data from sources like Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and HTTP endpoints behind a single API endpoint, and to deliver real-time updates to connected clients through managed WebSocket subscriptions.

We're looking for engineers who can independently design and deliver features and components of AWS AppSync. As a Software Development Engineer, you'll own the design, implementation, testing, and operation of meaningful parts of the service, make sound technical decisions, and contribute to the team's architecture and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate features and components of AWS AppSync
• Own delivery of well-scoped projects end to end, from design through production
• Contribute to the team's technical designs and decisions through design and code reviews
• Improve operational excellence, security, and quality in the areas you own
• Work with senior engineers to deliver features to customers around the globe

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

Compensation

Base salary range: $114,800 – $191,800 CAD annually. Total compensation may include sign-on payments and RSUs. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, life & AD&D), RRSP, DPSP, paid time off, and wellness resources.

3+ years of professional software development experience; 2+ years of system design or architecture experience; proficiency in at least one programming language; preferred: 3+ years of full SDLC experience, bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent